Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Mullafarry, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mullafarry
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.19531, -9.22950
- SMR number
- MA022-031----
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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 average pasture, located on a slight rise with extensive views to N and NE.
This possible enclosure is not shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is shown on the 1929 edition as a semi-circular area (c. 25m N–S; c. 15m E–W) bordered on the straight side to W by a N–S field boundary. On the map the semicircle is depicted with hachuring which are oriented to represent a sunken interior.
There are no remains visible that correspond to the feature depicted on the OS map. According to local information, there was a small, roughly circular mound, ‘about 5 feet high [c. 1.5m]’ with a narrow top, at this location. A slight rise (diam. c. 12-14m N-S) in ground level is evident adjacent to the N-S field boundary, but no other trace of a mound. A farm track now skirts the W edge of the location.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 25 April 2019
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.