Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Gortaneden (tirawley By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortaneden (tirawley By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.07256, -9.35975
- SMR number
- MA038-147----
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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 pasture, located on a level ground in an area of gently undulating terrain.
Sub-circular rise (28.4m N–S; c. 30m E–W; H 2.9m) with a somewhat flattened top (diam. c. 6m). The curving slope on the W half is sharply defined but there is a broader, more gradual slope at SE. Several stones of various sizes protrude from the sod on top of the mound but form no structural pattern. A massive boulder rest on top of the NE end of the mound. A portion (5m E–W; 4m N–S) of the slope at ENE has been quarried out, and a smaller, shallower area of disturbance is visible on the S slope. A field bank (Wth 1.65m; H 0.7m) abuts the base of the rise at S. There are several similar rounded rises or small drumlin-like natural mounds in the surrounding landscape. This rise, however, appears more clearly defined; it may be a constructed mound or a modified natural mound.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 15 August 2019
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