Survey Data
Reg No
31307811
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Monument
In Use As
Monument
Date
1805 - 1810
Coordinates
110828, 289090
Date Recorded
02/11/2010
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding monument, dated 1809, on a square plan. Set in grounds shared with Raheens House.
Appraisal
An urn-topped "cenotaph" or obelisk erected by Dodwell Browne (d. 1819) representing an important component of the early nineteenth-century built heritage of County Mayo with a "cameo" of Maria Browne (née O'Donel) (d. 1809) accompanied by the French dedication: "A MARIE ET A L'AMOUR PAR SON CHER EPOUX DODWELL 1809 [To Marie And To Love From Her Dear Husband Dodwell 1809]".