Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - pond barrow
Bushfield, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bushfield
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.63924, -9.06340
- SMR number
- MA119-078----
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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
Located in level pasture, 300m E of Bushfield House, an 18th-century country house (now in ruins).
This enclosure is not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps; it is visible in current aerial imagery.
Circular sunken area (diam. 21m) defined by a low-profile earthen bank (Wth 7m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.75-0.8m). The bank has broadly slumped sides. The external slope is quite well defined, but the internal slope merging seamlessly with the shallow sunken interior. The interior is damp; there was a small pool in base on the day of visit. Two hawthorn bushes grow on the bank, one at NE, the other at SE.
This is an interesting and unusual enclosure enclosure. The fact that it is not shown on the OS maps might suggest that it is relatively recent in date, however, the broad, low bank and shallow, sunken interior suggest it might be a pond barrow.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of Upload: 11 May 2022
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.