Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure
Bofeenaun, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bofeenaun
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.97988, -9.35043
- SMR number
- MA059-014----
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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
In Lough More, close to the E shoreline. Recorded in 1992 during a survey undertaken by the Irish Archaeologial Wetland Unit of archaeological monuments in and around the lake, this monument consist of a single stake (L 0.51m; diam. 0.05m) of mountain ash. The exposed end was degraded, the other worked to a chisel point. (Jennings 1995, 200 (MA-BN0005)).
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 2 November 2016
References
Jennings, D. 1995 Lough More catalogue. In: Moloney et al. 1995 Blackwater survey & excavations. Artefact deterioration in peatlands. Lough More, Co. Mayo. Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit Transactions, Volume 4, 197-202 Dublin, OPW; UCD.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.