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Earthwork

Knockalegan (Kilmaine By.), County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Earthwork, Knockalegan, 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
Knockalegan (Kilmaine By.)
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.68218, -9.08617
SMR number
MA111-019----

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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 an expanse of reclaimed pasture.
Listed in the SMR (1991) and RMP (1996) as a possible earthwork on the basis of a subcircular feature visible in an aerial photograph (SMR file: GSI M 26 -7; Roll 205, pr. 0).
At this location there is a low oval grass-covered rise (c. 28m N–S; c. 15m E–W). It has a relatively level top and gently sloping sides, with a broader, more gradual slope on the W side. At its NNW end there is a partly infilled quarry pit, and this may be the feature visible in the photograph. A farm track skirts the W side of the rise, cutting into the base of the slope. The rise appears to be a natural feature, and there is no convincing evidence at ground level of an archaeological monument.

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 16 December 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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