Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Bunnamohaun, County Mayo, Ireland
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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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 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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.