What is recorded here

Caher Island in County Mayo, Ireland holds a burial site where human remains entered the earth under open sky. The island setting suggests people valued visibility, memory or belief enough to carry a dead body across water. That much is known. The rest belongs to imagination, not record.

The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.