Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Dún Ibhir, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dún Ibhir
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.00477, -9.94081
- SMR number
- MA043-009----
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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 pasture, located on an ESE-facing slope. The shoreline lies 120m to E. This enclosure is not shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, but is indicated on the 1920 edition. It consists of a slightly raised oval area (22.4m NNW-SSE; 13.8m ENE-WSW) enclosed by a low narrow bank (Wth 1.3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.4m) of earth and stone. There is no clearly defined entrance.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 12 June 2019
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.