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
- 53.97932, -9.35179
- SMR number
- MA059-016----
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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
On SE shoreline of Lough More. during a survey undertaken by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit Recorded in 1992 during a survey undertaken by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit of archaeological monuments in and around the lake, this monument consists of a row (L 2.5m NE-SW) of c. 40 close-set, upright posts located at, and extending parallel to, the current lake edge. The uprights are of varying sizes, and in a poor state of preservation. The majority are hazel, but some alder posts were also recorded. A number of horizontal rods were also noted lying at right angles to the uprights. One possibility is that the structure formed some sort of platform or jetty (Keane 1995, 166; Jennings 1995, 200 (MA-BN0008)).
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.
Keane, M. 1995 Investigations at Lough More. In: Moloney et al. 1995 Blackwater survey & excavations. Artefact deterioration in peatlands. Lough More, Co. Mayo. Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit Transactions, Volume 4, 163-166. Dublin, OPW; UCD.
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Post row - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Post row - peatlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.