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Hut site

Bunnamohaun, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hut site, Bunnamohaun, 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
Bunnamohaun
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.80016, -10.03663
SMR number
MA084-002002-

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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

Situated on a level patch of commonage at the foot of the steep W slopes of Knockmore: it lies on the southern bank of the small stream that descends from Prawke. A second hut (MA084-002001-) lies 8m to WSW. The site consists of the faint grassy foundations of a small oval hut (E–W 3.1m, N–S >2.7m). It is defined throughout by a very low bank (H 0.3m max., externally) partially eroded by the stream along its N side. An old sod line (T 0.15m) is visible in the exposed stream bank at this point, its top 0.1–0.25m below the present ground surface. A slight gap (Wth c. 0.6m) at SSE possibly marks the entrance. The interior is flat save for a couple of small stones that protrude through the sod.

The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. 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

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

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