Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mass-rock
Tavraun, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tavraun
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.87181, -8.77759
- SMR number
- MA073-048----
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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)
- 1857 · 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
According to local tradition, there was a mass rock in Tavraun townland. It was listed in the RMP (1997) at this location based on information from a local source. No trace of the mass rock was found during an inspection in November 2016 (pers. comm. G. Walsh 2016).
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 22 June 2021
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.