Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Dowagh West, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dowagh West
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.54413, -9.22671
- SMR number
- MA121-092----
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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 an area of good grazing land, located on an E-W ridge. The site now lies within the bounds of a residential property. A circular enclosure (diam. 35-40m) is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. On the 1929 edition only the SE arc of the enclosure is indicated. It was recorded by Lavelle (1994, 61, no. 450) as ‘Levelled; no visible surface trace’. In 1999 four trial trenches were excavated (99E0699) at this location in advance of the construction of a dwelling house. No features or artefacts of archaeological significance were found. (Crumlish 2000, 228-229, no. 658).
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 8 January 2015
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Sheela-na-gigunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.