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Ringfort - rath

Weatherfort, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Weatherfort, County Mayo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Weatherfort
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.75485, -9.19148
SMR number
MA100-013----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 undulating pasture, ringfort (MA100-012----) 200m to NW. Circular raised area (62.5m N-S; 63m E-W), defined by substantial earthen bank (H 1.55m), with external fosse (D 0.3m). Gap (Wth 2.2m) in NE, possible entrance. Modern gaps at N and S accomodate track which truncates the site's interior, N to S. Mound (L 13.8m N-S; Wth 9.9m E-W; H 1.8m) of earth and stone in W of interior. Field fence bisects E half of interior N to S.

The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 232.

Date of upload: 23 January 2013

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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