Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballymartin, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymartin
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.58584, -9.14072
- SMR number
- MA118-110001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Near road, in undulating pasture. Ringfort (MA118-111----) 150m to S. Roughly circular area (29m N-S; 35m E-W), raised 3.4m above surrounding field level, enclosed by low earthen bank (H 0.4m) with fosse and external bank on W. Two subrectangular hut sites in interior. Hut site 1 (MA118-110003-) (3.1m N-S; 2.8m E-W), on W side, defined by low earthen bank (H 0.3m) contains souterrain (MA118-110002-). Hut site 2 (MA118-110004-) (12.1m N-S; 6.4m E-W) on NE is defined by sod-covered foundations of stone wall. Ramp entrance (Wth 2.5m) on ESE.
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. 102.
Date of upload: 28 January 2014
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.