Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Grallagh (Costello By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grallagh (Costello By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.74071, -8.76516
- SMR number
- MA103-063----
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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 a field of reclaimed pasture. According to local information, there was a megalithic structure at this location, which was removed in the 1980’s during land reclamation (SMR file 1991). There is no visible trace at ground level.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 15 November 2022
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.