Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Laghtavarry, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Laghtavarry
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.88835, -9.17556
- SMR number
- MA070-227----
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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
Located in undulating pasture. This mound consists of a roughly circular raised area (diam. 13.8m N–S; H c. 1m) composed of earth and stone. A moss-covered pile of loose stones, most likely field clearance stone of relatively recent date, is located at the W of the mound. The mound appears to be man-made, however, its exact nature is uncertain. It is engulfed in hazel, sycamore, hawthorn and blackthorn trees and is difficult to examine closely. The current landowner’s father always called the field in which the mound is located ‘the fort field’. There is another mound (MA070-153----) c. 75m to S.
Compiled by Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 30 August 2012
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.