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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Inishkea Cross SlabCountry: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 522.617 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Co. Mayo Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Belmullet
Latitude: 54.133300N Longitude: 10.2W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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The County Mayo coastline houses a small archipelago of deserted islands that truly capture the ultimate off-the-beaten-track experience here on the western seaboard. The original settlers encamped on Inishkea North Island about 4500-years-ago and there are many visible prehistoric sites scattered throughout the island. The early Christian monks arrived sometime around the 6th century and this particular island contains some of the best preserved cross slabs and other monastic sites and settlements from this period.
The Vikings are said to have landed in the 10th century and the Pirate Queen, Grace O' Malley, ruled the western seaboard with an iron fist during the 1500s. Perhaps with such a tumultuous history it wasn't until the island was resettled in the 17th century and hosted a small but thriving community until the island was finally deserted in the 1930s.
The island is slowly being reclaimed by the sands of time yet still hosts an array of wildlife from the Corcrake to the multitudes of offshore seals and dolphins.
Many thanks to Castlebar-based tour guide Barry Murphy of Tourism Pure Walking Holidays for yesterday organising an amazing visit to the deserted island paradise that is Inishkea North Island.
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