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Barrow - ring-barrow

Carrownaglogh (Gallen By.), County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ring-barrow, Carrownaglogh, 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
Carrownaglogh (Gallen By.)
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.13272, -9.03969
SMR number
MA031-013----

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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 in gently undulating terrain, c. 50m N the Glenree or Owenmore River.
Circular platform (diam. 8.4m) defined by a fosse (Wth 2.2m to NNW; 2.6m to SSE) and an external bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.4m to SSE; 0.85m to NNW) of earth and stone. The overall diameter is 16.4m. The bank incorporates some field clearance stones, and is ringed with hawthorn and brambles. A field fence skirts the barrow, 1m to W.
There is a possible embanked barrow (MA031-014----) location on the opposite side of river c. 115m to SE.

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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