Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Cartron (costello By., Aghamore Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cartron (costello By., Aghamore Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- MA093-084----
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The National Monuments Service's description
This earthwork is not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. It was noted in the early 1900’s by Knox (1911, 338) on a spit of land extending from the N shore into Island Lake. He described it as follows: ‘This earthwork seems to be 'an artificial structure of stone and clay resting in the lake bed. It differs in composition from the crannogs (of which there are at least four in the lake), as they are made in the usual way with timber and gravel. It seems as if it might have been an Anglo-Norman work. It is not the remains of an island; at least it does not look like one.’ The exact location and nature of this monument remains uncertain.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 30 June 2022
References
Knox, H.T. 1911 Some Connacht Raths and Motes. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 41, 205-40, 301-42.