Deserted Village at Slievemore
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The Deserted Village at Slievemore is a haunting row of ruined stone cottages on Achill Island in County Mayo, Ireland, abandoned in the 19th and early 20th centuries and now preserved as a poignant reminder of rural depopulation and famine-era hardship.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abandoned settlement
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historic site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Great Famine in Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithProcess |
rural depopulation
ⓘ
seasonal transhumance (booleying) ⓘ |
| climate | oceanic climate ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| furtherDepopulatedInCentury | early 20th century ⓘ |
| hasAccessType | free access ⓘ |
| hasApproximateNumberOfBuildings | about 80 to 100 ruined cottages ⓘ |
| hasBuildingMaterial | stone ⓘ |
| hasConstructionPeriod | 18th and 19th centuries ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
example of traditional Irish rural settlement pattern
ⓘ
reminder of emigration from the west of Ireland ⓘ symbol of famine-era hardship ⓘ |
| hasCurrentUse |
heritage site
ⓘ
open-air museum-like landscape ⓘ |
| hasIrishName | Baile Tréigthe Shliabh Mór (approximate descriptive form) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfToponym | Irish ⓘ |
| hasLayout | single linear row of cottages ⓘ |
| hasModernEconomicRole | heritage tourism on Achill Island ⓘ |
| hasNearbyGeographicalFeature |
Slievemore Deserted Village Megalithic Tombs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Slievemore Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement |
Dugort
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Keel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPreservationApproach | conservation of ruins rather than full restoration GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasPreservationStatus | ruin ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryEconomicBasisHistorically |
pastoralism
GENERATED
ⓘ
subsistence farming GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasTerrain | hillside and bogland ⓘ |
| hasTourismActivity |
archaeological field schools and surveys
ⓘ
guided heritage walks ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | Keel Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
permanent rural habitation
ⓘ
seasonal summer grazing settlement ⓘ |
| isExampleOf | post-famine abandoned village in Ireland ⓘ |
| isManagedBy | local authorities on Achill Island ⓘ |
| isOpenTo | public ⓘ |
| isReferencedIn | Achill Island tourism literature ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | archaeological research projects ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Achill Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Connacht NERFINISHED ⓘ County Mayo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Atlantic coast of Ireland ⓘ |
| locatedOnSlopeOf | Slievemore Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasPrimarilyAbandonedInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
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