Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Cregganroe, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cregganroe
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.73115, -9.72706
- SMR number
- MA096-034009-
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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 rough upland pasture, located on a terrace on the N facing slope of a rocky ridge, overlooking an expanse of boggy ground which stretches N from the base of the ridge. Ground falls away gently to E towards a NNW-flowing stream.
A semicircular arc of collapsed wall defines a penannular space, open to S. The enclosing wall (Wth 0.6m; H 0.3m) is evident as an irregular setting of low, partly moss-covered medium-sized and large stones, which merges at N with a N–S field wall, part of a field system (MA096-034----) associated with cluster of booley huts (MA096-034001- to MA096-034010-).
This arc of wall is poorly preserved and difficult to interpret; it may represent the N half of an originally oval enclosure (5m E–W; at least 6m N–S) or even a booley hut.
Attached images:
MA096-034009-_01.JPG Possible enclosure viewed from S
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 19 December 2019
Nearby in the register
- Booley hutunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Booley hutunder 1 mi
- Booley hutunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.