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Enclosure

Knockacurreen, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Knockacurreen, County Mayo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Knockacurreen
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.73100, -9.22383
SMR number
MA100-050----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, crowning the summit of a hill, close to the break of slope on the N-NW side where there is a steep fall of ground. The location provides excellent views, with the Partry Mountains on the far horizon to W and the peak of Croagh Patrick visible to NW.
This enclosure is not shown on the 1838 and 1931 OS 6-inch maps, but is shown on an 1830 Estate map (MS 2706 NLI). It has been levelled, but a subcircular area (diam. c. 30m E−W) outlined by a slight undulation can still be discerned at ground level. The SE arc has been truncated and it is now crossed by a NE−SW post and wire fence. A parallel levelled field bank is located 6m to SE. A grassed-over semicircular hollow or area of disturbance (4m across) cuts into the scarp at NNE. There is a small, circular hollow or pit (diam. 2m), infilled with loose stones, on the S edge of the enclosure.

Attached images:
MA100-050----_01.JPG Viewed from NE
MA100-050----_02.JPG Viewed from NW

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 18 March 2021

Nearby in the register

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

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