Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Ellistronparks, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ellistronparks
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.59636, -9.13945
- SMR number
- MA118-104001-
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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 rough pasture, 400m S of cashel (MA118-080001-). Roughly circular area (39m N-S; 44.5m E-W), enclosed by remains of stone wall (H 0.3m; Wth 1.4m). Entrance with causeway (Wth 2.2m) on E. Souterrain (MA118-104002-) on W side. Circular hut site (MA118-104003-) (diam. 4.2m; int. H 1.8m) in interior. Rectangular earthen structure (L 14.5m; Wth 3.8m) adjoins external face at SE, possible hut site.
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. 279.
Date of upload: 28 January 2014
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.