Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Lecarrow (murrisk By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lecarrow (murrisk By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.81245, -9.95691
- SMR number
- MA075-009002-
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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
Situated within 4m of the steep N-facing cliffs on eastern coast of the island. A natural stone-filled gully lies immediately to S, and an old turf stack lies 7m to WSW. The hut site lies within the confines of a supposed promontory fort (MA075-009001-). It consists of an arc of small earthfast stones c. 14 in all, protruding (H 0.3m max.) through the closely cropped grass appears to define a roughly oval area (E–W 1.8m, N–S c. 2m) from W through N to SE. A sequence of four almost contiguous stones at NW are the most convincing because they appear to be set vertically. The space enclosed is very slightly dished, and the grass appears to be of a slightly darker hue.
Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.
Date of upload: 29 November 2018
References
Gosling, P., Manning, C. and Waddell, J. (eds.) 2007 New Survey of Clare Island, Volume 5: Archaeology. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy.
Nearby in the register
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.