Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Cloonbullig, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonbullig
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- MA103-048001-
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The National Monuments Service's description
This record is based on a description in Knox (1911, p. 211) of ‘An oblong rectangular enclosure, used for haggards. The enclosing bank may be ancient; a skeleton [MA103-048002-] was found in it and re-buried.'
The exact location of the enclosure is uncertain, but it is likely to be in either Hazelhill or Cloonbullig townland. Knox noted that there was a rath (MA103-007----) c. 100m to W (in Hazelhill townland), and that the remains of a small castle (MA103-047----) were nearby, and two mounds (MA103-046001-; MA103-046002-) rose out of a marshy area c. 100m to S (in Cloonbullig townland).
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 15 November 2022
References
Knox, H.T. 1911 Some Connacht Raths and Motes. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 41, 205-40, 301-42.