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Enclosure

Mullafarry, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Mullafarry, 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
Mullafarry
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.19531, -9.22950
SMR number
MA022-031----

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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

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

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

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