Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Lackafinna, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lackafinna
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.53978, -9.26222
- SMR number
- MA120-054001-
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
In pasture. Shown on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m), with a souterrain (SL120-054002-) marked as 'Cave' in the W half of the interior. It is shown on the 1929 edition of the map only as an arc of hachuring curving W-N. It was levelled during reclamation in 1990 (Lavelle 1994).
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 12 December 2014
References
Lavelle, D. 1994 An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.