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Ringfort - rath

Brittas, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Brittas, County Mayo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Brittas
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.63941, -9.08822
SMR number
MA119-076----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, located on gently elevation ground.
This rath is not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. It has been levelled, but its outline is still evident at ground level. It consists of a slightly raised circular area (36m N−S; c. 40m E−W) defined by a bank with an external fosse. The levelled bank can be traced SE−NE as a low undulation. It has a broad, low external slope (Wth slope c. 4m; ext. H c. 0.4m), slumping seamlessly into the fosse, which is evident as a broad, shallow depression (W 4-5m) marked by differential grass growth. On the E arc, the bank is barely discernible and the fosse is not evident at ground level –it is likely that the entrance was located on this side.
A medieval church (MA111-048001-) and graveyard (MA111-048002-) are located 250m to NW. An early 19th-century glebe house stands 80m to NE.

Notified to NMS by Jean-Charles Caillère

Attached image:
MA119-076----_01.JPG viewed from west

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 19 March 2021

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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