Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Carrowneden (costello By., Aghamore Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowneden (costello By., Aghamore Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.79378, -8.79800
- SMR number
- MA093-020001-
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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
In pasture, in an expanse of flat damp pasture and bog adjacent to the Mannin River which flows out of Island Lake 230m to S.
Elongated oblong rise or mound (c. 29m WNW-ESE; c. 17m NNE-SSW; H c. 2m) with an rather irregular and dilapidated appearance. The top of the mound forms a narrow relatively flat spine (Wth c. 2-3m) which grades into a well defined, steep slope on the S side and a gradual, slumped slope on the N side. The mound has the appearance of a natural feature, and appears to be composed of fine gravel/sand. It is sod-covered and dotted with hawthorn and blackthorn bushes. A heap of dredging upcast from the river abuts the mound at S.
The mound is known locally as a ‘fairy hill’ and is said to contain a souterrain (MA093-020002-) (Pers. comm. B. Freyne, SMR file).
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 17 June 2022
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.