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Hut site

Ballyglass Middle, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hut site, Ballyglass Middle, 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
Ballyglass Middle
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.71127, -8.72490
SMR number
MA103-040003-

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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

At a possible rath (MA103-040001-).
Towards the NW edge of the probable original extent of the enclosure, there are two conjoined hollows, on a N-S line, each ringed by a low rim/bank (Wth c. 2m; H 0.3-0.65m), producing an overall ‘figure of eight’ configuration. The N hollow (MA103-040002-) is more pronounced. This, the southern-most hollow (diam. c. 3m; D c. 0.5m), is poorly defined. Both hollows are partly filled with loose field stones, and difficult to examine fully. The nature of these features is uncertain; they may be hut sites associated with the enclosure, or simply small quarry pits.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 11 November 2022

Nearby in the register

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

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