Mound in Killala, County Mayo (MA022-010----)

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What is recorded here

In rolling average pasture, crowning the top of a small hillock, with excellent views in all directions, including the Ox Mountains to E-SE, and Nephin and the Nephin Beg range to W–SW. It overlooks a rath (MA022-009----) which is located downslope 30m to NW. The mound is visible as a low, circular rise (diam. c. 8-10m; H 0.8-1m), densely covered in brambles, blackthorn and hawthorn. The nature of this mound is uncertain; overgrowth impeded examination. It may be a remnant of a barrow. Extant field boundaries enclose the base of the hillock at W and S, and a low, defunct field bank/scarp skirts it at N−E. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 April 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA022-010

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Maker not stated on source page, www.gettyimages.com
Killala GAA Club, via Connaught Telegraph; individual photographer not named, www.con-telegraph.ie
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
Edward S. Siebert, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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JohnArmagh, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Gordon Hatton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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