Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Derryfadda Lower, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derryfadda Lower
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Ballinlassa Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ballinlassa Fort
- Coordinates
- 53.70548, -9.11958
- SMR number
- MA100-139----
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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
On slight rise, in rough pasture. Circular area (47m N-S; 46m E-W), enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.5m), with shallow external fosse (Wth 0.2m) on E and W. Gaps in bank on SE and 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. 156.
Date of upload: 13 February 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.