Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Kilbride (gallen By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbride (gallen By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.93541, -8.92881
- SMR number
- MA062-090----
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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, located on a slight rise. Shown on the 1887 edition OS 6-inch map as a circular embanked enclosure (diam. 15-20m), with a cluster of vernacular buildings/houses immediately to N, and a road, which leads S from this settlement, passing immediately to E of the enclosure. It is not shown on later map editions. There is no visible trace at ground level. According to local information, the field is named ‘Caisleen’. There is another enclosure (MA062-091----) c. 60m to S.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 9 December 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.