Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone circle
Cabintown, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cabintown
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Stone Circle
- Coordinates
- 54.30137, -9.35706
- SMR number
- MA007-009001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In wet peatland, situated on a gentle W-facing slope, providing good views in all directions and overlooking the Atlantic Ocean to W.
This monument is not shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map or on the 25-inch plan. It is depicted on the 1922 OS 6-inch edition as a circle of boulders (diam. c. 25m) and is named ‘Stone circle’. Inspected in 1997, it comprises a subtriangular area (32.2m WNW-ESE; 23.6m NNE-SSW) defined by a series of thirty stones. Seven of the stones are fully upright, six are set on edge, fifteen are irregularly-shaped boulders randomly set and the remaining four stones are low and largely peat-covered. Ground level in the enclosed area is uneven.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 8 February 2021
Nearby in the register
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.