Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - unclassified
Slievemore, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Slievemore
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.99894, -10.13404
- SMR number
- MA042-012----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · 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
Situated close to the shore at Annagh Strand at the foot of a steep N facing slope. The remains stand immediately N of a ruined hut and are represented by a tall, gable-shaped stone (2m H) aligned E-W with two other stones (0.8m H) set immediately to the N of its W end. There is a further large stone exposed to the N and it may be a possible prostrate slab. A line of small stones immediately E of the monument may represent an attempt to convert it to a pen or other structure. The monument cannot be classified with certainty in its present condition but interpretation of the remains as the last vestiges of a megalithic tomb would not be inconsistent with the evidence. Although the gable-shaped stone suggests affinities with the portal tomb class (MacDonald 1990, 7), the tomb must remain unclassified pending further investigation.
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 9 May 2016
References
McDonald, T. 1990 Achill Island. Archaeology Ireland, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 7-9.
Nearby in the register
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Stone circleunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.