Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Gortaskibbole, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortaskibbole
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.05514, -9.17891
- SMR number
- MA039-127----
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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 forestry, located at base of N-facing slope, bordering an expanse of reclaimed wet ground.
An oval, grass covered mound (11m E-W; 8m N-S; H 0.3m, 0.8m at N), at the E end of which there is a lower, less distinct rise (L 4m) extending to NE, giving the whole an overall, roughly crescentic shape, open to NW. It is composed to stone fragments in dark brown/black soil. An enclosure (MA039-094----) is located on top of the ridge c. 50m to S.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 7 April 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.