Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Park (costello By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Park (costello By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.94869, -8.68736
- SMR number
- MA063-037----
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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 rise, which provides good views over the surrounding undulating terrain.
Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 20-25m) truncated on its S edge by an E−W road; it is not shown the 1920 edition. At this location there is a rise or hillock with steep, broadly sloping sides, which are several meters high; the S side of the hill is truncated by the E-W road, giving the hillock a D-shape plan. The hillock has a flat top (diam. c. 20m E−W); this may have been enclosed to serve as an enclosure, but no trace of an enclosure is now evident.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 2 October 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.