Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Carrowmore (kilmaine By., Kilcommon Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowmore (kilmaine By., Kilcommon Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave
- Coordinates
- 53.60052, -9.02117
- SMR number
- MA119-047002-
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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 SW quadrant of a rath (MA119-047001-), close to the enclosing bank.
Indicated as ‘Grave’ on the 1915 OS 6-inch map; not shown on the 1838 edition. The rectangular grave is (4.5m NW–SE; 3.55m NE–SW) is outlined by a low, well built, dry-stone limestone wall (Wth 0.6m; H 0.2m), and its surface is strewn with a scattering of loose stone.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 10 August 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.