Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cist
Carrownlough, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrownlough
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.66356, -8.90461
- SMR number
- MA112-108----
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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
In the NE corner of a field, in an area of gently undulating pasture. A road bordering the N side of the field lies 2.5m to N of the monument and a private laneway, bordering the E side of the field, lies 1m to E. It consists of a cist-like arrangement of stones comprising a roofstone (1.15m ESE-WNW; 0.85m NNE-SSW; T. 0.25) resting on a pair of matching sidestones 0.6m apart. The cist is aligned approximately N-S. The W sidestone measures 1.1m L, 0.35m T and is 0.8m H on the interior. The E stone measures 1.2m L, 0.4mT and 0.8m H internally. The interior area is partly infilled with small stones. (Morahan 1990, 4)
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 15 October 2012
References
Morahan, L. 1990 A history of Irishtown, Co. Mayo. FÁS/Irishtown Community Council.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.