Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lurgan (costello By., Bekan Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lurgan (costello By., Bekan Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.72127, -8.85766
- SMR number
- MA102-036----
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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, crowning the top of a hill with extensive views over a broad expanse of low-lying pasture and bog.
Slightly raised, sub-circular area (diam. 57m N–S) defined by partly levelled remnants of a scarp. The scarp (H 1.3; Wth slope 8m) remains distinct NNW–NE, where it merges with the natural fall of ground, but at E–S it survives only as a slight rise. At SW–NW it is incorporated into a field bank (Wth 1m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.4m) topped with a post and wire fence. There is a slight rise in ground level in the centre of the interior.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 27 September 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.