Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Ballyhine, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhine
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.82528, -8.78631
- SMR number
- MA082-029----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1857 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, located on rising ground with good views to S–SW. At the base of the slope 15-20m to N−NE there are a number of ruined vernacular farm buildings, bordering a road.
This possible cashel is not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. It consists of a broadly oval area (34.5m N–S; 44.2m E–W) enclosed E–NW by a drystone wall and elsewhere by a low stony rise. The extant drystone wall (Wth c. 0.8m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.8m) is a relatively recent field wall, which coincides with the townland boundary. In parts it appears to rest upon a low stony plinth, possibly the remnants of an original enclosing wall. Original wall footing may also survive in the stony rise enclosing the N–NE perimeter. The interior, which has a marked slope down to SW, is planted with mature conifers, except for an area in the W–NW which is engulfed in brambles and blackthorn. Quarrying on the slope at N has encroached slightly on the N arc of the enclosure.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 20 December 2021
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.