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
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.04948, -9.32050
- SMR number
- MA038-123----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: 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, on the former demesne lands of Castlehill House, located on the SW side of a narrow WNW–ESE gravel ridge. Views are restricted by rising ground to N–NE, but there is a broad vista of rolling grasslands to S.
Shown as a circular enclosure on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; by the time of the 1922 edition it is shown enclosed by a wall and the interior is planted with trees.
Slightly raised circular flat-topped area (24m N–S; 24.6m E–W) defined by a low, poorly defined scarp (H 0.4m). A few stones protrude in parts along the rim of the scarp. A modern mortared stone wall encircles the enclosure, at a distance of 3.8m from the scarp. The scarp is ringed with oak trees. A few Scot’s pine grow in the interior, which is dotted with tree stumps.
The original function of this enclosure is not clear –it may have been constructed as a tree-ring or it may be an earlier enclosure or rath modified to serve as a tree-ring.
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.