Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Carrownaglogh (gallen By.), County Mayo, Ireland
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----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 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
- Barrow - embanked barrowunder 1 mi
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.