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Hilltop enclosure

Bracklagh (Tirawley By.), County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hilltop enclosure, Bracklagh, 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
Bracklagh (Tirawley By.)
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
53.95404, -9.39194
SMR number
MA059-006----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Situated on top of a high, steep-sided hill, which has been planted with deciduous trees. The Crumpaun River skirts the base of the hill on the E side. This hilltop enclosure consists of an oval-shaped area (c. 85m NW−SE; c. 65m NE−SW) defined by a low bank (Wth 1.7m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.9m at W) of earth and stone, which encloses the summit of the hill. The internal ground level rises from the perimeter towards the centre. There is a cairn, erected by the Ordnance Survey, in the SW quadrant of the interior, marking the highest point on the hill.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy and Paddy O'Donovan

Date of upload: 7 December 2017

Nearby in the register

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

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