Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hilltop enclosure
Bracklagh (tirawley By.), County Mayo, Ireland
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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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tomb1 mi
- Ringfort - rath2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.