Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Castlehill (tirawley By., Crossmolina. Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlehill (tirawley By., Crossmolina. Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.05174, -9.31678
- SMR number
- MA038-122----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In improved pasture, located on a rise with a pronounced N-facing slope.
Shown on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps as a circular ringfort-like enclosure (diam. c. 25m). It has been entirely levelled; there is no visible trace at ground level. A rath (MA038-121----) is located c. 155m to SW, and another (MA038-120----) is c. 190m to NW.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 14 August 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.