Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Liscluman, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Liscluman
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.72244, -8.86540
- SMR number
- MA102-035----
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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 top of a prominent rise, with good views.
Subcircular platform (51m N–S; 52.5m E–W) defined by an earthen scarp (H c. 1.8–2m) which retains a low internal lip to N. The scarp has been incorporated into a system of field boundaries, which radiate from the rath at N, SE, S and W. Remnants of a tumbled stone wall (Wth 0.6m) top the scarp at the SW, and traces of stone facing are evident on the scarp in parts; these features are probably related to the incorporation of the rath into the later field system. A post and wire fence now tops the scarp around its full circuit.
The interior is level, except for the SW quadrant, which appears slightly raised and which contains a roughly circular, grassed-over depression (diam. c. 8m; D 1m) which according to local tradition marks the blocked up entrance to a souterrain (MA102-035001-).
The rath interior is grass-covered; the perimeter of the rath is thickly ringed with thorn bushes.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 27 September 2022
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.