Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Derrynamuck (tirawley By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrynamuck (tirawley By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.07230, -9.19616
- SMR number
- MA039-126----
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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 the SW corner of a pasture field, located on level ground at the base of the E-facing slope of a ridge. There is a lake, Lough Alick, 225m to W, the outflow stream of which is 100m to N.
A slightly raised area (26m E-W; 26.5m N-S), roughly square in plan with rounded corners, defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.7m, at NE). The bank is low and degraded, best preserved at NE. At S the bank is incorporated into a later field fence, which curves slightly. The interior is level and grass-covered. According to local tradition, this enclosure was used as a burial ground; no graves are visible. A disused trackway, leading to a ruined vernacular stone cottage at SW, skirts the W side of the enclosure.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 7 April 2020
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