Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Claggan (burrishoole By., Kilmeena Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Claggan (burrishoole By., Kilmeena Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.84106, -9.61258
- SMR number
- MA076-016----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, located on top of a steep hill, which provides good views in all directions, with Croagh Patrick visible to S, Clew Bay to W and the Nephin Beg Range to N.
This rath consists of a roughly circular area (23.5m E-W; 24.5m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 1m at NW). The bank is low, broad and well preserved at E-NNW; at NNW-E it has been modified to serve as part of a modern field bank The interior slopes down slightly from the perimeter toward the centre, which is wet and rush-grown. There are breaks in he bank at ESE and W, but it is unclear if either represents an original entrance. Remnants of a field bank skirts the rath at SW-NNW.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 31 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.