Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Rusheens West, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rusheens West
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.89509, -8.67565
- SMR number
- MA073-052001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 rough, damp pasture, located on the SE side of a spring-fed stream.
A D-shaped, grass-covered mound (14m NNE–SSW; 13m ESE–WNW to drain) composed of heat-shattered stone in black, charcoal-rich soil, truncated on the straight side to W by a field drain (Wth 1.2m). A section (Wth c. 6m) of the mound bordering the drain is higher (max. H 0.8m) and this may be at least partly due to upcast from the drain. The perimeter of the mound is ringed by yellow flag and rushes. There is another burnt mound (MA073-052002-) 10m to N.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 22 June 2021
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.