Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - indeterminate date
Killeen (costello By., Kilbeagh Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeen (costello By., Kilbeagh Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.93109, -8.86109
- SMR number
- MA062-127----
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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 on a natural rocky rise, with good views of the surrounding countryside.
A roughly circular area (4.8m NNE-SSW), defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5-1.7m; ext. H 1m) (Pers. comm. R. Crumlish, 2009). At S−E the interior and the enclosing bank are engulfed in scrub.
There is a rath (MA062-128----) and a house (MA062-128002-) c. 70m to WSW and another rath (MA062-130----) c. 115m to E.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 26 January 2021
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.