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Enclosure

Newcastle, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Newcastle, County Mayo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Newcastle
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.91912, -9.03832
SMR number
MA071-023----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, located on a rise on a roughly E–W ridge, with good views along the valley of the the Gweestion River and of the surrounding undulating landscape. A possible fording point of the river is c. 100m to SW.
A circular enclosure (diam. 25-30m) is shown on 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is not shown on later map editions. The enclosure appears to have utilised a natural rise or projection on the ridge. Traces of a stony scarp (H 1.1m at SE, 2.6m at SW) survive SE–SW in a shallow arc (L 33m E–W), enhanced by the steep natural slope. A portion of the scarp has a slightly raised lip (Wth c. 2m; int. H 0.15m) at its outer edge, which may preserve the S arc the enclosure. A field fence, which traverses the ridge top on an E–W axis, lies c. 7m to N of the curving scarp. No trace of the enclosure is visible to N of the fence.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 2 July 2021

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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