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Slievemore Deserted Village

Achill Island, County Mayo

Around 80 stone cottages in a line along a mountainside.

On the slopes of Slievemore mountain, the stone shells of around 80 cottages stretch along an old track. The village was abandoned in the 1800s, around the time of the Great Famine.

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When
Abandoned 1800s
Where
53.9900, -10.0600
Group
Lost & drowned villages

Visiting

Free to explore, near the village of Dugort.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
Read the full story in the book

The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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