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Mound

Carha (Gallen By.), County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Mound, Carha, 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
Carha (Gallen By.)
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.13662, -9.04101
SMR number
MA031-010----

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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 pasture, located at the base of a hill, on the top of which, c. 95m to NW, there is an enclosure (MA031-011001-) and a standing stone (MA031-011002-). To W and NW there is a flat expanse of wettish pasture. Nephin Mountain is visible at SW.
Not marked on 1837-8 OS 6-inch map, but shown on the 1922 edition as an oval hachured enclosure (c. 15-20m N−S; c. 12-15m E−W). It has been levelled. At the location there is a roughly circular rise (diam. c. 20m; H c. 1m), difficult to measure as it grades into the surrounding ground. It is gently domed in profile, with a flattish top (diam. c. 10m) grading seamlessly into broadly sloping sides (Wth slope c. 5m). An eroded section showed it to be composed of compact sandy soil, with iron pan towards the base. The nature of this monument is unknown. It may have been an enclosure, but it could have been a barrow or a mound.

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 13 June 2018

Nearby in the register

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

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