Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Killour, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killour
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.59317, -9.26378
- SMR number
- MA117-031005-
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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
Shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a large irregular-shaped area defined by field boundaries, and on the 1929 edition as a D-shaped area (c. 30m E–W; c. 65m N–S), with the straight side at W, from which field boundaries radiate at NW, NE, E and SW. Recorded by Lavelle (1994, 81, no. 593) as a possible ecclesiastical enclosure and described as follows: ‘On high ground, in dense vegetation, which hinders interpretation. Remains of stone wall to E of church site (MA117-031001-). Also visible on aerial photograph (GSI).’ It was removed during land reclamation.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 8 January 2015
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.