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Enclosure

Killacorraun, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Killacorraun, 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
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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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 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

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

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