Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Knockacurreen, County Mayo, Ireland
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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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, 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.