Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Belesker, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Belesker
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.73820, -8.84981
- SMR number
- MA102-051----
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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 the highest point on the narrow spine of a steep-sided esker which extends NE–SW in a sinuous line. The location provides excellent views of the surrounding landscape.
A small, roughly circular rise (4.4m N–S; 3.2m E–W; H 0.45-0.7m) with a flat top (diam. 1.7m). At NW–SE the side of the mound merge with the steep natural slope of the esker.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 27 September 2022
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.