Overview
Indicated — Cappulcorragh is recorded as Enclosure in Mayo. Located in hilly pasture, with expanses of damp lowlying pasture to W and rising ground to NE. Large roughly oval enclosure (c. 60m N−S, c. 55m E−W) incorporated into a system of field walls is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map
Who made it and when
The saved account records: It is probably a field enclosure of 18th/early 19th century in date, which predates the current rectilinear NW−SE field layout.
How it was made and used
The saved account records: There is no trace at ground level of the NW arc of the enclosure, and straight field walls now define the NW and NE part of the field.
What was found
The saved account records: There is no convincing evidence that this is the remains of a ringfort/cashel or an archaeological enclosure.
What remains
The saved account records: c. 51.4m N−S) curving NE−W is defined by a drystone wall (Wth 1.6m
Why it mattered
Indicated — Cappulcorragh matters because the source ties enclosure to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: Located in hilly pasture, with expanses of damp lowlying pasture to W and rising ground to NE.
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