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Hut site

Glaspatrick, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hut site, Glaspatrick, 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
Glaspatrick
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.76013, -9.66066
SMR number
MA087-044007-

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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

Located on the summit of Croagh Patrick, c. 10m N of the NW end of an enclosure (MA087-044006-) which occupies the summit plateau. It is one of a cluster of hut sites (MA087-044009-), located at the NW end of the summit.
It consists of a circular area (diam. 5m) defined by a collapsed stone wall (H 0.2m). The N half of the hut site was excavated (94E0115) in 1995 (Walsh, 1996; Morahan, 2001, 20). In the interior, a shallow peaty layer (D 0.15m), incorporating a spread of charcoal, overlay naturally occurring rock outcrop and scree. A fragment of a chert flake, a minute fragment of bronze and a modern penny were found within the charcoal layer. Another excavated hut site (MA087-044008-) is located c. 100m to WSW.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 19 March 2020

References

Morahan, L. 2001 Croagh Patrick, Co. Mayo. Archaeology, landscape and people. The Croagh Patrick Archaeological Committee, Westport, Co. Mayo.

Walsh, G. (1996) 224. 'Croagh Patrick', Glaspatrick/Teevenacroagh, Mayo. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1995: Summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland. Bray. 67-68 (224). Bray, Wordwell Ltd.

Nearby in the register

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

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