Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Causeway
Lough Conn, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lough Conn
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.05382, -9.22157
- SMR number
- MA039-084----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the E shoreline of Lough Conn. A causeway-like feature (L c. 40m E−W; Wth 20-25m) is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map linking the mainland to an oblong island (c. 400m NW−SE; c. 120m NE−SW); on the 1930 edition a broad spread (Wth c. 65m) of stones links the two. A drop in the lake water levels has expanded the area of dry ground here, which is now covered in scrub.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 1 April 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Causewayunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.