Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Cuillaun (gallen By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cuillaun (gallen By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.93588, -8.89494
- SMR number
- MA062-104----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, located at the break of slope on top of the S side of a roughly E–W ridge. There are extensive views in all directions, and it overlooking Killaturly Lough, which is located 300m to S.
This enclosure, probably a ringfort, is depicted on the 1919 OS 6-inch map as an oval hachured area (c. 35m E–W; c. 25m N–S), clipped at the NW and at E by roads. The interior may have sloped to the S, reflecting the natural fall of ground. It has been levelled; there is no visible trace at ground level.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 26 January 2021
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.