Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burnt mound
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
- 53.89696, -8.68496
- SMR number
- MA073-056----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1857 · 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
Located in damp, rush-grown pasture, at the base of a SW-facing slope. There is a stream/drain 8m to SW.
Sod and bramble-covered D-shaped mound (18m NE-SW; 12m NW–SE; H 0.6-0.7m) bordered on the straight side to SE by the remains of a field wall. A shallow hollow (max. dim. c. 3m) on the N edge of the mound is partly filled with stones. A fulacht fia (MA073-057----) is located c. 50m to SSE.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 22 June 2021
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.