Causeway in Coarse Island, County Mayo

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What is recorded here

In Lough Conn. A causeway-like feature, depicted as a rough line of boulders, is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, extending into the lake from the E shoreline and ending 230m to SW at Coarse Island. It is not shown on later map editions. The location of the causeway has been subsumed into a natural bridge of dry land exposed as a result of a drop in the lake water levels in recent years. A modern road/causeway constructed of stone and gravel now extends across this spine of dry land to the island. No evidence of an ancient causeway is visible.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA039-033002

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