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 ⓘ
linked to: Great Famine
associatedWithProcess rural depopulation ⓘ
seasonal transhumance (booleying) ⓘ
climate oceanic climate ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
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) ⓘ
hasLanguageOfToponym Irish ⓘ
hasLayout single linear row of cottages ⓘ
hasModernEconomicRole heritage tourism on Achill Island ⓘ
hasNearbyGeographicalFeature Slievemore Deserted Village Megalithic Tombs ⓘ
Slievemore Mountain ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Dugort ⓘ
Keel ⓘ
hasPreservationApproach conservation of ruins rather than full restoration ⓘ
hasPreservationStatus ruin ⓘ
hasPrimaryEconomicBasisHistorically pastoralism ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ
hasTerrain hillside and bogland ⓘ
hasTourismActivity archaeological field schools and surveys ⓘ
guided heritage walks ⓘ
hasViewOf Keel Bay ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Connacht ⓘ
County Mayo ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic coast of Ireland ⓘ
locatedOnSlopeOf Slievemore Mountain ⓘ
wasPrimarilyAbandonedInCentury 19th century ⓘ

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Achill Island → hasHistoricSite → Deserted Village at Slievemore ⓘ
Silver Strand (Dugort) → hasNearbyAttraction → Slievemore Deserted Village ⓘ
linked to: Deserted Village at Slievemore