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Rathbeg MA015-052---- in Croghan

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In pasture, located on a rise, in gently undulating coastal terrain, overlooking an inlet in Killala Bay c. 150m to E. This rath is named ‘Rathbeg’ on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch map. It consists of a raised, roughly circular area (21m NW–SE; 20.5m NE–SW) defined at NE–E by remnants of a broadly slumped bank (Wth…

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In pasture, located on a rise, in gently undulating coastal terrain, overlooking an inlet in Killala Bay c. 150m to E. This rath is named ‘Rathbeg’ on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch map. It consists of a raised, roughly circular area (21m NW–SE; 20.5m NE–SW) defined at NE–E by remnants of a broadly slumped bank (Wth 5.6m; int. H 0.3m; ext. 1.45m) and elsewhere by an earthen scarp (H 1.2m at S; 0.5m at W), which is almost vertical and faced with stone at S–SW, and at W-N is very low and degraded. There is low section/break (Wth c. 3m) at S, but is unclear if this represents an original entrance. A field fence/property boundary, on NE–SW axis, bisects the interior to W of centre. Appended to the S–SW end of the rath is a semi-circular terrace (17m NW–SE; 12.6m NE–SW), which is at a level c. 1m lower than the rath interior. It is defined at E–SW by a scarp, and is bordered at W by the field fence that bisects the rath. There is a rath (MA015-050----) 130m to NNE and another rath (MA015-051----) 100m to ENE. Two other raths (MA015-053----; MA015-054----) are visible c. 300m to SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA015-052

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  • Steve Edge, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • JohnArmagh, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Edward S. Siebert, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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