Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Bun An Churraigh, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bun An Churraigh
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.97293, -9.95660
- SMR number
- MA055-004----
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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
Located in pasture, adjacent to a ruined vernacular settlement, overlooking Bunacurry Harbour. Not indicated on the 1838 and 1919 OS 6-inch maps. Listed in the SMR (1991) and RMP (1997) as an enclosure based on information received by the SMR. An inspection in 1996 found no evidence of an enclosure.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 13 July 2015
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.