Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Killimor, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killimor
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Caher
- Latest-edition OS map
- Caher
- Coordinates
- 53.56481, -9.30134
- SMR number
- MA120-020----
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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 karst and scrub, 100m E of cashel (MA120-019----). Rectangular area (36m N-S; 42m E-W), enclosed by heavily overgrown, partly collapsed stone wall (Wth 2.5m; H 2.2m) on low earthen bank containing collapse (Wth 2.5m; H 1m). Gap in NE. Walling on SW and NW forms part of surrounding field fence system. Field fence bisects the site's interior and cashel wall on NNW and S points. NE of interior is very overgrown and contains clearance and rock outcrop.
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. 288.
Date of upload: 15 October 2014
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.