Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Coolnaha North, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolnaha North
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.80913, -8.78108
- SMR number
- MA093-009001-
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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 a fairly level terrace on a SE-facing ridge slope, with very good views SE–S, in an area of hilly terrain. Views to NW are restricted by rising ground.
A circular area (36.5m N–S; 34.5m E–W) defined by a stone bank/wall (Wth c. 3.8m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.4m). The stone bank survives as a broad, low sod-covered rise from which stones protrude randomly. It is best preserved NE–E, where a number of large horizontally set stones may represent the basal course of stone facing. The wall is severely degraded at NW on the upslope side, and at SSE–WSW it is incorporated into a later field wall which respects the curve of the enclosure.
The interior is not noticeably raised, and slopes down gently from centre to SE. There is no clearly defined entrance feature. A collapsed souterrain (MA093-009002-) is visible in the W half.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 14 June 2022
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.