Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Brackloon East, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brackloon East
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.79252, -8.70792
- SMR number
- MA093-033----
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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 a rise, in undulating terrain. Good views in general, restricted now to S−SE by field fences.
Raised circular area (38m NE–SW; 37.5m NW–SE) defined by a scarp (H 1.3-1.5m at SE–S, 0.8m at N), outside which it is enclosed at E–S by a fosse (Wth 3.3m) evident as a shallow depression. Remnants of an external bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.35m at NNE), incorporated into a later field fence, survive at S-SW.
The enclosure is crossed slightly SE of centre by a field fence on a NE–SW axis. The interior slopes down gently from NE. There is an entrance gap (Wth c. 2m) at SE with a well-defined causeway across the fosse.
The perimeter is ringed with hawthorn and ash trees; the interior is covered in long grass and thistles. Another rath (MA093-032----), visible from this one, is located 100m to WNW.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 23 June 2022
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.