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
- 53.80203, -10.01422
- SMR number
- MA084-028----
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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 25m SE and slightly downslope from a house (MA084-027----) and c. 10m NE of the stream. The site consists of the slight remains of a small hut, rectangular in plan (3.7m NE–SW, 2.8m NW–SE). It is defined by a low bank (Wth 1m) only 0.15m in maximum height. Traces of a probable entrance are visible on downslope (south-eastern) side.
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
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.