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Barrow - mound barrow

Carrowcloghagh, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - mound barrow, Carrowcloghagh, 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
Carrowcloghagh
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.08411, -9.34329
SMR number
MA038-146----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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, located on a low rise in an area of rolling grassland bordered 200m to N by the Deel River. Immediately to SE is a large swallow hole (c. 50m N–S; c. 20m E–W), several meters deep, engulfed in overgrowth, which is named ‘Polldotia’ on the 1922 OS 6-inch map. Nephin Mountain is prominently visible to SSW and the Nepin Beg Range extends along the skyline to W.
Circular mound or cairn (diam. 11.5-12m; H 1.85m at N) of earth and stone. It is largely sod-covered and densely obscured by gorse and brambles. A field wall, which lies immediately to W, and a modern road immediately to N, both appear to respect the curve of the mound. A post and wire field fence, on an E–W axis, stands at the S edge of the mound.
There is a possible barrow (MA038-050----) c. 35m to S, and a cluster of ringbarrows and possible barrows and cairns (MA038-051----; MA038-052----; MA038-053001- to MA038-053003-) are located in adjacent fields within a range of c. 100-250m to NE, SE and S. There is a possible ringcairn (MA038-054----) c. 400m to S.

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 15 August 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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