Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Gortnaskohoge, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnaskohoge
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.55667, -9.12593
- SMR number
- MA121-073001-
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
W side in pasture, E side in karst. 20m to NE is hut site (MA121-196----). Irregular shaped area (24m N-S; 37m E-W), enclosed by stone wall constructed of large boulders with infill (Wth 1.6m; H 0.6m). S and W sides are straight; N and E sides are rounded. Field fence bisects N of site. Rock outcrop in interior.
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. 284.
Date of upload: 5 January 2015
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.