Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ardrass, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardrass
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.05440, -9.09829
- SMR number
- MA040-085----
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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 improved pasture, 35m from the SE end of Ballymore Lough. This enclosure is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a small, circular embanked enclosure (diam. c.15m). A vernacular house/farmstead is indicated c. 30m to NW. The enclosure is not shown on the 1922 edition. No visible trace.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 10 June 2020
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.