Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bawn
Knockaunakill, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockaunakill
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.75777, -9.07216
- SMR number
- MA091-019001-
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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 terrace on the W side of a limestone knoll on which a castle (MA091-019----) is located.
Wall footings, evident as a low sod-covered stony rise, define the S, W and N sides of a square enclosure (22.5m N–S; c. 20m E–W) encompassing a terrace on the W side of the knoll. This may be the remains of a bawn associated with Knockaunakill Castle (MA091-019----), a possible tower house, the remnants of which are located on a rocky rise in the SE angle of the enclosure/bawn. It should be noted that the walls of the castle are on a slightly different alignment (NNW−SSE and WSW−ENE) to those of the enclosure/possible bawn. The E side of the enclosure is now defined by a modern N−S property wall, which cuts across the remains of the castle. The exact position of the original E wall of the enclosure, and its relationship to the castle, is unclear.
There is a hint of an E–W internal division in the S half of the bawn/enclosure, and another rectangular enclosure or field plot (c. 16-18m N−S; c. 14m E−W), outlined by slight wall footings, is appended to it at N.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 9 February 2022
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.