What is recorded here
Slievemore Caher is a stone ringfort in County Mayo, Ireland. Its dry walls still stand against the sky, marking a boundary between human memory and older claims. People may have lived there, feared there or ravened beside it before written records appeared. The stones do not explain themselves; they wait for someone brave enough to sit with the silence and ask what they remember.
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.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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