Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Feamore, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Feamore
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- McMahons Monument
- Latest-edition OS map
- Dolmen
- Coordinates
- 53.67660, -8.82843
- SMR number
- MA112-032----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This wedge tomb is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) named 'McMahon's Monument', and is indicated on the 1929 edition as 'Dolmen'. It was destroyed during land reclamation works in the early 1950's.
See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume II. County Mayo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1964)
Date of upload: 6 January 2012
References
de Valera, R. and Ó Nualláin, S. 1964 Survey of the megalithic tombs of Ireland. Volume II Co. Mayo. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.