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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abandoned settlement
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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Achill Island hasHistoricSite Deserted Village at Slievemore