Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
Ballycasheen, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycasheen
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Dermot and Granias Bed (1916)
- Coordinates
- 52.97749, -9.12112
- SMR number
- CL016-048----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
The surviving remains are as described in de Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 52, Cl. 63) except that most of the monument is covered in scrub and only the interior of the chamber is visible.
The attached image (CL016-048----_01) was taken in May 1952 and shows the monument to be largely clear of vegetation. The second image (CL016-048----_02) was taken in June 2013.
See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961)
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 26 June 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.