Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Johnsfort, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Johnsfort
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.90864, -8.96450
- SMR number
- MA071-115----
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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
In pasture, in gently undulating terrain. Ground rises slightly to S. Overlooked to SW by a low ridge. There is a farmyard immediately to NW.
This enclosure is not indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is shown on the 1931 edition as a D-shaped hachured area, with the straight side at NW.
The remains consist of a slightly raised semicircular area (28.7m NE–SW; 11.4m NW-SE. It is defined on the curving side at NE−E arc by a scarp (H 1.6m) adapted to serve as a field fence, at E–S by a cropmark and at SW by a slight undulation. It is bordered on straight side to NW by a scarp created by quarrying in the modern era. According to local information, the enclosing element originally consisted of a ‘sod fence’ with no stones.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 24 August 2021
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.