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House - indeterminate date

Breaghwy (tirawley By.), County Mayo, Ireland

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Townland
Breaghwy (tirawley By.)
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.08226, -9.10072
SMR number
MA040-037----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, located on low ridge. There is a gradual fall of ground to S towards a stream.
Not shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; shown as a small circular hachured feature on the 1922 edition. This possible house or hut site consists of a slightly raised subcircular area (5.5m E−W; 4.6m N−S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.7m), faced internally, and in parts externally on the W arc, by rounded stones and boulders. The interior is level, and appears almost square rather than circular in plan. There is a low eroded area (Wth 1.2m) in the enclosing bank at NNW. It is engulfed in blackthorn and brambles. There is a N−S field fence immediately to W. There is rath (MA040-036----) 260m to NE.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 22 May 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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