Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Heath, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Heath
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.64651, -8.99743
- SMR number
- MA111-063----
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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 broad, low rise, with good views, in an area of generally lowlying, poorly drained terrain.
Not shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; a roughly circular hachured area is shown on the 1930 edition.
This ringbarrow was extant when inspected in 1982. It consisted of a central platform (9m N–S; 9m E–W) enclosed by a rush-grown, water-logged fosse with a broad, low external bank (Wth c. 4m). The central platform appeared to be at a lower level that the surrounding field level, and was somewhat irregular in plan as a result of disturbance to the S side. The overall diameter was 23m N−S by 23m E−W (crest to crest of bank). (SMR file: OPW field notes 1982).
The ringbarrow was levelled during land reclamation later in the 1980's. When inspection in 2000, the outline of the central platform and the enclosing fosse could be discerned as slight surface undulations.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 17 February 2023
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.