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Megalithic tomb - unclassified

Ballindoo Or Doocastle, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - unclassified, Ballindoo Or Doocastle, County Mayo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballindoo Or Doocastle
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.02615, -8.66135
SMR number
MA052-002----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1811 · 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

Located in pasture, with gently rising ground to N. There is a N−S field fence immediately to W, and to W of that is an enclosure (MA052-002001-).
This unclassified megalithic tomb is not shown 1838 and 1920 OS 6-inch maps. Several upright stones, megalithic in size, are evident over an area of c. 10m NE−SW by c. 5m NW−SE. Two large close-set upright boulders are located immediately adjacent to the N−S field fence; one stone is partly incorporated into the fence; the other stone is immediately to NW. A third large upright stone is located 4m to SW of these, with a number of adjacent stones of uncertain significance. A cluster of three uprights are located 4.5m NW of the pair of large boulders: there are two close set stones on a NW−SE axis and the third stone is immediately to E of these and set perpendicular to them. The remains are too fragmentary to classify with certainty, and are partly concealed by a thicket of blackthorn.

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 26 June 2020

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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