Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Caherwiclaun, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caherwiclaun
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.59513, -9.10489
- SMR number
- MA119-053----
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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 natural rise in rolling grassland, with excellent views in all direstions.
A circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) is shown on the 1838 OS-6-inch map; it is indicated on the 1915 edition as an irregular oval-shaped enclosure (48m N−S; 35m E−W). It has been levelled. A faint undulation (c. 35-40m N−S; c. 32-35m E−W) following the natural contours of the rise can be traced at ground level. An E−W field wall traverses the N edge.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 23 August 2023
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.