Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Lough Conn, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lough Conn
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.07461, -9.22449
- SMR number
- MA039-132----
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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
In July 2000 human remains were discovered by fishermen on the shores of Lough Conn adjacent to Newtown townland (Cahill and Sikora 2011, 499). The remains were removed by Gardaí, and were later examined by Dr. M. J. O'Neill at the Dept. of Anatomy, NUIG. The bones were those of an adult human male, c. 165cm in height, aged c. 40 years at death. Most of the bones of the right side of the body were missing. The bones were stained a dark brown, and the vault of the skull contained shells of aquatic crustaceans and sediment. No details are recorded as to the deposition of the remains, or the depth at which they were found in the lake. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, 499).
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 7 April 2020
References
Cahill, M. and Sikora, M. (eds) 2011 Breaking ground, finding graves - reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006, 2 vols. Dublin. Wordwell Ltd. in association with the National Museum of Ireland.
Nearby in the register
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.