What is recorded here
Indicated occupies a slight NE-facing slope on the Rinneen peninsula in County Mayo, Ireland. A circular enclosure marked on an 1838 survey has been levelled into pasture, leaving no visible trace. It may have been a ringfort, a place where people lived, worked and witnessed the changing light.
In pasture, on peninsula 'Rinneen', on slight NE-facing slope. Shown on OS map (1838) as circular enclosure. Levelled; no visible surface traces. Possibly a ringfort.
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. 319.
Date of upload: 25 October 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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