Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Forthill, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Forthill
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.78433, -8.74095
- SMR number
- MA093-030----
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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, prominently sited on a hillock with a steep slope to SE–S.
A circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is not shown on later map editions. It is remembered in local tradition as a 'fort'. There is no visible trace at ground level. A house and garden now overlie the enclosure.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 17 June 2022
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.