Mound in Killacorraun, County Mayo

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What is recorded here

In pasture, located just below the top on the NE side of a prominent rise in an area of rough pasture and bog. There are excellent views over a broad sweep of the surrounding landscape, with Nephin dominating the skyline to SSW. Small oblong mound (8.7m E-W; 6.3m N-S; H 0.5m at S, 1.4m at N) of earth and stones. It is rather irregular in shape and height, curving and broadly slumped on the E side but with a straighter, more vertical side at W. Many small stones protrude from the sod cover, and several hawthorn bushes grow on it.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA038-151

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