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Enclosure

Kilglassan, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Kilglassan, 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
Kilglassan
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.62879, -9.06802
SMR number
MA119-006----

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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 good pasture, on top of a rise in a broad sweep of undulating terrain crossed by limestone field walls. Good views in all directions.
Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m); shown on the 25-inch plan as a roughly oval walled enclosure (c. 30m N−S; c. 35m E−W) planted with trees; not shown on the 1915 OS 6-inch edition.
Slightly raised, roughly circular area (28.3m N−S) defined by a low bank/scarp, truncated on the NE side by a subcircular quarry pit (c. 21m NW−SE; 10.6m NE−SW). The enclosing scarp is reduced to a dilapidated, slightly raised rim (Wth c. 1.5m at N, c. 4m at SW; ext. H 0.25m at N, 1m at SW) merging seamlessly with the interior, giving the interior a slightly dished or concave profile. On the NW arc the scarp/bank has a flattish top and incorporates small and medium-sized stones.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 31st May 2023

Nearby in the register

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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