Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Killedan, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killedan
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.87765, -9.00783
- SMR number
- MA071-161----
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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, located on a natural rise, with good views. The Pollagh River is 200m to E.
Indicated as an embanked oval enclosure on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; outlined by a single ring of hachuring on the 1931 edition. This rath has been levelled, but a slightly raised, roughly circular area (25m N–S; 22.5m E−W) can still be traced defined at SW−NE by a stony undulation at SW–NE, coinciding with the natural slope of the rise (H c. 0.8m). There is a gently raised area in the centre of the interior. A road, oriented roughly N−S, truncates E edge of the rath.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 14 September 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.