Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Devlis, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Devlis
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.75972, -8.74845
- SMR number
- MA093-073----
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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 pasture, on the W-facing slope of an esker, beside a N–S farm track which is cut into the base of the esker.
According to local information, a stone-covered feature was discovered here in 1931 during the construction of a farm track on the W-facing slope of the esker. At the time of discovery, there was considerable uncertainty as to the exact nature of the find. It was interpreted by some as a possible souterrain, but an article in the Western People (9th May 1931) described it as resembling a grave, 'about 6 feet long and 2 feet wide, under a slab of stone'. Bones discovered at the location, at first thought to be human, were subsequently identified as animal; they were reburied at the location and the feature was reburied.
At the location, there is a semi-circular depression (c. 6m N–S; c. 4m E–W) cut into the esker slope, but no trace of the structure itself is visible.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 30 June 2022
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
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- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.