What is recorded here

The Frenchman's Grave sits on a hillock in Meelick parish, Mayo. Tradition claims it holds one of General Humbert's soldiers. Upright slabs still lean from the sod-covered mound, marking the edge of that forgotten war.

In pasture, located on the summit of a low hillock. Sod-covered, oblong earthen mound (L 2.7m WNW-ESE; max. Wth 1.4m NNE–SSE; H 0.6m) defined by a kerb of longitudinally set upright slabs (L 0.35-0.6m; T 0.01m max; H 0.25-0.4). Two slabs protrude from the SW side, both leaning outwards slightly to S, and three large stones define the NE side. Other stones are visible barely protruding from the sod covering on the top and sides of the mound. Two slabs lie prostrate against the W end of the mound. The mound is known locally as 'The Frenchman's Grave' and, according to tradition, is the grave of one of the soldiers of General Humbert's Army. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 February 2016

A Neolithic long cairn, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its kerbed structure and location on an esker indicate a significant early funerary and ritual landscape feature.

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