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Barrow - unclassified

Larganboy West, County Mayo, Ireland

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Townland
Larganboy West
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.79600, -8.83584
SMR number
MA092-032----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

In pasture, located the SE end of a NW–SE ridge, on a level area or slight terrace at the break of slope, with fall of ground to NE.
Depicted on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circular embanked enclosure (diam. 15-20m), and on the 1917 edition as a small circular hachured feature (diam. c.10-15m).
Destroyed during land reclamation; there is no visible trace at ground level. The siting of this monument, and its depiction on the 6-inch map, suggests that it may have been a mound or a type of barrow, perhaps similar to the mound barrow (MA092-033----), located c. 600m to SE in the same townland, or the mound barrow (MA092-012----) located c. 700m to NW.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 24 February 2022

Nearby in the register

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

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