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Barrow - ring-barrow

Lugbrack, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ring-barrow, Lugbrack, County Mayo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Lugbrack
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.83044, -8.83744
SMR number
MA081-047----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: 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

In pasture, on low rise with good views; overlooked by higher ground to S and N. A driveway to a house lies a few meters to E of the ringbarrow.
Not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. Low circular platform (diam. 2.7m; H 0.3m at NE, 0.45m at SW) enclosed by a fosse (Wth 1.5m) with an external bank (Wth 2-2.4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.35m at N, 0.5m at SW). Overall diam. (across ext. bank): 8.5m
The central platform has a slightly concave profile. The external bank is composed of gravelly earth incorporating some large stones. It is slightly damaged at S−SW by quarrying.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 8 December 2021

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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