Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Curry (macmanus) (clanmorris By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curry (macmanus) (clanmorris By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.75553, -9.13957
- SMR number
- MA100-030----
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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 undulating low-lying pasture, S of Meander River. Raised, roughly circular-shaped area (40m N-S; 33m E-W), enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.7m) SW to SE. Gap (Wth 1.8m) on NE. Bank; SE to SW, and large portion in SW of interior has been quarried. Bank largely overgrown. Possible entrance (Wth 3.9m) on SE. Large depression in N of interior.
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. 152.
Date of upload: 24 January 2013
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.