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Mound

Kilcummin, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Mound, Kilcummin, County Mayo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Kilcummin
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.27953, -9.20883
SMR number
MA008-012----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located 2m E of a cliff that drops to a rocky shore, on the NW side of Killala Bay. Immediately to W the ground dips into a depression and then rises to a low ridge.
Not shown on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps. Listed in the SMR (1991) and the RMP (1997) as a possible earthwork. This possible mound is evident as an oval rise (31.7m NW–SE; 29.5m NE–SW; H 3.25m at W, 1.6m), with steeply sloping sides on the S and W, and a gentler incline at N and E. It has a gently domed profile, with a slightly flattened area (c. 10m NW–SE; c. 6m NE–SW) on top. Remnants of a field wall can be seen mid-way down the S slope, following the contours of the mound at S–SW, and continuing to W beyond the mound. The exact nature of this feature is uncertain –it may be natural.

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 15 July 2019

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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