Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Blessingtown, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Blessingtown
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.59703, -9.16080
- SMR number
- MA118-096----
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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 undulating pasture. Circular area (24m N-S; 26m E-W), enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.9m) SW to ENE. Levelled on S where site is delimited by stone fence. Possibly a ringfort.
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. 408.
Date of upload: 20 December 2013
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.