Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Ranagissaun, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ranagissaun
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.88509, -8.65948
- SMR number
- MA074-014----
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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, wet rush-grown pasture, located on level ground bordering the SW side of a stream/drain, with gently rising ground to SW.
Roughly circular mound (c. 12.5m N–S; c. 15.5m E–W; max. H 0.7m) composed of heat-shattered stone in a matrix of charcoal-rich soil. The mound is distinguished by a covering of short grass, The mound is distinguished by a covering of short grass, amidst the long grass and rushes in the surrounding field.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 1 June 2021
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 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.