Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Tooreen (tirawley By., Templemore Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tooreen (tirawley By., Templemore Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.25758, -9.24458
- SMR number
- MA015-012----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, located on a terrace overlooked c. 30m to the E side by a rocky escarpment (H 2-3m), and defined at W by a broadly sloping fall of ground, giving good views over a broad expanse of lowlying coastal pasture.
Shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circular ringfort-sized enclosure, and on the 1922 edition as a D-shaped enclosure (diam. 25-30m) bordered on the straight side to S by a field boundary. This enclosure was levelled during land reclamation. There is no visible trace at ground level.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 13 November 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.