Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Killacorraun, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killacorraun
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.05804, -9.39426
- SMR number
- MA038-152----
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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 rough, heather-covered pasture, located on the NE side of a low ridge, with flat expanse of bog to E and SE. Ground falls away to SW. There are extensive views to N and S, blocked to E by forestry plantation.
This enclosure is not indicated on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-Inch maps. It consists of a circular area (20.7m N–S; 19.5m E–W) defined by a wall/stone bank (W 2.5-3m; int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 0.55m) of loose, tumbled stone. At E–SE a later field wall overlies the stone bank.
The interior has a slight slope down to E. A roughly circular pit (4m NNE-SSW; 3m WNW-ESE; D 0.75m), the base of which is covered with stones, is dug into the interior at E. The stone bank is largely covered by heather and ferns.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 16 August 2019
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.