Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bawn
Farragh, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Farragh
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.19173, -9.25022
- SMR number
- MA022-025002-
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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
In pasture, located on elevated ground.
This bawn, associated with a castle (MA022-025001-), named ‘Farragh Castle’ on the 1838 and 1929 OS 6-inch maps, is mentioned in the 1838 OS Letters as follows: 'In the townland of Farragh were the ruins of a castle and bawne, the site of which should be shown on the plan.' (O’Flanagan 1927, 60). There is no visible trace of the castle or the bawn.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 25 April 2019
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1927 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Mayo collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1838. Bray.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.