Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Knockalegan (kilmaine By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockalegan (kilmaine By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.67504, -9.08168
- SMR number
- MA111-021----
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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, on a broad level elevation; ground slopes gradually to E.
Shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 15-20m); it is not shown on the 1930 edition, although a shallow curve shown in a N−S field fence probably preserved the W arc of the enclosure.
This enclosure has been levelled. A shallow, roughly circular depression (diam. c. 9m) is evident, bordered on the E half by a cropmark (arc of slightly yellow grass), possibly indicating a levelled bank. A straight N−S field wall crosses the W edge of the circular depression; the curving kink in the wall shown on the 1930 OS 6-inch map has been removed and the wall rebuilt so that it is now completely linear.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 20 December 2022
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.