Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Annagh (costello By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Annagh (costello By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.78154, -8.77196
- SMR number
- MA093-041----
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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 slight rise.
Circular earthen platform (estimated diam. 30-35m) defined by an earth and stone scarp (H 1-1.3m, 0.8m at E) which has been incorporated into a later field fence on the N arc. The interior appears to be level but is engulfed in an impenetrable thicket of blackthorn and brambles and could not be examined. The perimeter is thickly ringed by hazel, ash and oak trees. There are heaps of field clearance debris at intervals around the perimeter. Post and wire fencing encircles the rath. Two conjoined raths (MA093-040----; MA093-042----) are located c. 200m to S.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 23 June 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.