Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cuilbeg, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cuilbeg
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.73446, -8.86337
- SMR number
- MA102-027----
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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 low rise, with good views of the surrounding lowlying expanses of bog and damp pasture. A stream/drain coinciding with the townland boundary is located 220m to N.
Raised circular area (29.5m E–W; 32.6m N–S) defined by an earthen scarp (H 0.9m at E, 1.4m at W). In parts, the scarp retains a slight internal rim from which stones protrude. On the 1916 OS 6-inch map the scarp is shown incorporated at NE–W into field boundaries. These field boundaries have been removed and the external slope of the scarp is cut to the vertical. There are several slumped or eroded sections but no clearly defined entrance gap; there may have been an entrance on the E side where the scarp is lowest.
The interior has a slight central dip, giving the rath a shallow, saucer-shaped profile.
Grass cover, with a light growth of gorse and hawthorn on the perimeter.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 26 September 2022
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.