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Barrow - embanked barrow

Kilquire Lower, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - embanked barrow, Kilquire Lower, 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
Kilquire Lower
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.61074, -9.11993
SMR number
MA118-172----

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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, located on a slight elevation in an area of lowlying grassland. There are good views, with the Partry Mountains visible on the far horizon to W.
This monument is not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. Circular, flat-topped earthen mound (diam. 15m E−W; 14.5m N−S; H 0.85m at E, 0.6m at W) enclosed at its base by a fosse (Wth c. 2m), which is evident now as a barely discernible depression. The top (diam. 5-6m) of the mound retains a hint of a raised rim or bank (Wth c. 2m) on the S arc, which gives it a slightly saucer-shaped profile.
A ringbarrow (MA118-052----) is located 250m to NE and there is an embanked barrow (MA118-079----) 300m to SE.

Attached images:
MA118-172----_01.JPG Viewed from NW
MA118-172----_02.JPG Viewed from E

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 19 March 2021

Nearby in the register

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

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