Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Clooneen (corcomroe By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clooneen (corcomroe By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.99556, -9.14561
- SMR number
- CL009-162----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a gentle SW-facing slope in pasture and hazel, with wide views from S to W, and within a multiperiod field system (CL009-059001-). Identified by Paul Walsh (SMR file). This poorly preserved wedge tomb is defined by an upright limestone slab (L 1.4m at base; L 1m at top; H 1m; T 0.15m), oriented ENE-WSW. The S face of this slab is supported by a smaller upright stone (L 0.5m; H 0.3m; T 0.2m). Another upright stone (H 0.6m; L 0.4m; T 0.1m), oriented N-S, lies c. 1m to the W; this may also be part of the tomb. Two wedge tombs (CL009-059093- and CL009-059094-) lie c. 15m and c. 30m to the S respectively.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott
Date of upload: 5 July 2022
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.