Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Cartron (gallen By., Attymass Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cartron (gallen By., Attymass Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.07033, -9.05850
- SMR number
- MA040-076----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 a NW−SE ridge, with a very steep fall of ground at S−SW and a more gradual slope at NW. A circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 15-20m) is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is not shown on the 1922 edition. There is no visible trace at ground level.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 9 June 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Holed stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.