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Enclosure

Knockalegan (Kilmaine By.), County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, 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
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.67504, -9.08168
SMR number
MA111-021----

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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 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

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

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