Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballymacgibbon South, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymacgibbon South
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.53505, -9.23516
- SMR number
- MA121-135----
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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, atop ridge. Roughly circular area (17m N-S; 21.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1m), topped with clearance material. Trees grow on bank.
The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 400.
Date of upload: 12 January 2015
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.