Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Lagcurragh, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lagcurragh
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.94663, -8.95500
- SMR number
- MA062-042----
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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 pasture, on the NW outskirts of Swinford town, located at the break of slope on the SW side of a knoll.
This is depicted on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a trapezoidal shaded feature (c. 20m E−W at N, c. 30m E−W, at N; c. 15-20m N−S); it is not shown on the 1919 edition. It was included in the SMR (1991) and RMP (1997) on the basis of an aerial photograph (OS 2 4438 -9; Roll 216, pr. 13; SMR file) in which it is visible as an irregular raised feature.
The remains consist of grass-covered, irregular-shaped mound (max. dim. 9-10m; H c. 1.6m), heavily quarried and disturbed. Its original form and whether it is of archaeological significance are uncertain.
It is partly obscured by hawthorn bushes.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 25 November 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.