Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Cuillaun (gallen By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cuillaun (gallen By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.93340, -8.89360
- SMR number
- MA062-107002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 wettish, rushy pasture, located on a slight rise on flood-prone ground, 10m N of the current shoreline of Lough Killaturly. Ground rises gradually to N for c. 150m, then more steeply towards an E–W ridge.
A low circular platform (3.9m N–S; 3.6m E–W; H above fosse 0.15-0.35m) is enclosed by a fosse (Wth 0.5-0.6m) with an external bank (Wth 1.2-1.7m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.25m).
Another ringbarrow (MA062-107001-) is located c.140 m to N.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 26 January 2021
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.