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Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb

Sheshymore, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb, Sheshymore, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Sheshymore
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.00370, -9.13357
SMR number
CL009-149----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In a shallow E-W hollow on a karst limestone plateau with thin grass cover. Identified by Tom Coffey c. 1996 (SMR file). This wedge tomb (2.7m NNE-SSW; 1.9m WNW-ESE; max. H 0.55m) is defined by two parallel lines of limestone slabs (T 0.05-0.2m) set upright on their long edges, 1.5-1.6m apart and oriented NNE-SSE. The W side comprises a single slab (L 2.7m; H 0.4m), while the E side is made up of two slabs (N slab L 1.5m; H 0.1m; S slab L 1.4m; H 0.55m). The slabs are 1.6m apart at S and 1.7m apart at N. This widening toward the N is unusual among wedge tombs, as is the monument’s orientation. There may be a small endstone in place at the S.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 21 June 2022

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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