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Enclosure

Keel East, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Keel East, County Mayo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Keel East
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.97467, -10.09068
SMR number
MA054-010----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · 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 a pasture field which is traversed by relict cultivation ridges, on the lower reaches of a SSE facing mountain slope. Not indicated on the 1838 and 19 OS 6-inch maps. Listed in the SMR (1991) and RMP (1997) for Co. Mayo as 'enclosure'. A small enclosure, possibly an animal pen, was noted here in the 1980’s (pers. comm. Theresa McDonald, Achill Archaeological Field School, July 2013 ).

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 13 July 2015

Nearby in the register

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

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