Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - embanked barrow
Scregg (Costello By., Aghamore Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Scregg (Costello By., Aghamore Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.82695, -8.79604
- SMR number
- MA082-013002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
In pasture, located on the top of a low NW–SE ridge with a fall of ground to NE and good views over the surrounding countryside.
Slightly raised circular area or platform (diam. 7.5m N–S) defined by a low, raised internal lip/bank (Wth 2.3m at N, 2m at S; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.4m at N, 0.7m at S). The platform is compact and well defined; grass-covered, with hawthorn bushes grows on the bank at NE.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 20 December 2021
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.