Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Westport Demesne (Burrishoole By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Westport Demesne (Burrishoole By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.80988, -9.55334
- SMR number
- MA088-001----
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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 a natural terrace on the lower NNW-facing slope of a steep-sided hill or small drumlin ridge, which is named Barrett’s Hill on the 1929 OS 6-inch map. The S-facing slope of the hill falls to the shoreline of an inlet of Clew Bay, c. 300m S of the enclosure. The steeply rising slope of the hill blocks views to S, but there are good views W-NW over a valley of lowlying ground, with undulating hilly terrain beyond. Croagh Patrick is visible at SW on the far side of Clew Bay. At N the location is overlooked by a larger, steep-sided E−W ridge -this rises immediately to N of Barrett’s Hill, there being only a narrow E−W pass between the two.
Slightly raised circular area (diam. 20m) defined by a bank, and enclosed by an external fosse, which is evident at NE−SW. The bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.4m) appears as a broad, low-profile rise, with a slumped external scarp and a low internal rim; at SSW−NE it is reduced to a scarp (ext. H 1m), which merges with the natural fall of the hill slope. The fosse (Wth 2m; ext. D 0.1-0.3m) is visible as a shallow depression.
There is an enclosure (MA088-103----) 30m to S, upslope on the same hill.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 12 February 2018
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.