Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynamuddagh, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynamuddagh
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.76197, -9.17450
- SMR number
- MA090-088----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: 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 in lowlying ground, overlooked to N by a ridge. There is a W-flowing stream/drain c. 15m to N of the rath, and an expanse of damp ground to W is marked liable to flood on the 1838 and 1929 OS 6-inch maps.
Slightly raised oval area (c. 30m E−W; 26m N−S) defined at SW−WSW by bank (Wth c. 2m; max. ext. H 0.75m) of earth and stone, reduced elsewhere to a low scarp. The interior slopes down slightly from N to S. A post and wire fence extends N−S through the interior just E of centre. There is another rath (MA090-089----) 140m to SE.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 7 February 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Chapelunder 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.