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Barrow - ring-barrow

Scregg (Costello By., Aghamore Par.), County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ring-barrow, Scregg (Costello By., Aghamore Par.), 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
Scregg (Costello By., Aghamore Par.)
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.82326, -8.79264
SMR number
MA082-028----

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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, located on the E side of a low rise.
Circular platform (diam. 12m; ext. H 0.6m at W, 1.1m at E) enclosed by a fosse (Wth 1.5-2m) and external earth and stone bank (Wth 3-3.5m; int. H 1.2-1.5m; ext. H 0.2m at W, 1.2m at E).
The central platform is slightly domed in profile, with a shallow depression (diam. c. 2m) on the NE side. The fosse is narrow relative to the external bank which is substantial, but low externally at W where it is dug into the rising slope. Stony remnants of a field fence overlie the external bank at N–E.
Overall diam. (crest to crest ext. bank): 21m
The central platform is grass covered; the outer bank is ringed with gorse, thorn bushes and brambles. There is another barrow (MA082-046----) 300m to NW.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 20 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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