Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Post row - peatland
Bofeenaun, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bofeenaun
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.97900, -9.35239
- SMR number
- MA059-018----
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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 SE shoreline. 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 (L1.75m E−W) of four stakes (av. diam. 0.03m). Evidence of woodworking, such as facets and toolmarks, was noted. (Jennings 1995, 201 (MA-BN 0010)).
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 31 May 2017
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
- Post row - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Post row - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Post row - peatlandunder 1 mi
- Post row - peatlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.