Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mountaincommon, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountaincommon
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.81856, -8.81216
- SMR number
- MA082-023----
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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 undulating, good pasture, located on a rise with a gentle SE-facing slope, with good views SE–SW. There is rising ground to NW–NE.
This possible rath is shown on the 1838 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m); on the 1916 edition an outer enclosing fosse/external bank curves around the E half and a field boundary respects the curve of the enclosure on the W half.
It was levelled in the early 1980’s during land reclamation. Low surface undulations can still be discerned outlining a circular area (diam. c. 40-42m). The highest point in the interior is the NW quadrant and there is a slope down from there to S–SE. There is a rath (MA082-024----) 260m to ESE and another (MA081-037----) 145m to NNW.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 20 December 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.