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Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb

Leamaneh North, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb, Leamaneh North, 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
Leamaneh North
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.99220, -9.13111
SMR number
CL016-132----

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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

On a gentle S-facing slope on poor grassland with limestone pavement and with limited views.
A poorly preserved wedge tomb with an E-W aligned chamber (1.5m E-W; 1.3m N-S) within a triangular or wedge shaped cairn defined by kerbs visible at the N and S and extending out to W (Wth 3m). The cairn is narrow at the W (Wth c. 4m) and wider at the E (Wth 7.6m). The chamber is difficult to identify, two stones at the N may have been sidestones and stones in the S may also have been sidestones. The cairn material is sparse and internal walling may exist at N. Sod and stone walls are attached to the cairn at N and S, extending to the NE and S. An unclassified cairn (CL016-134----) is located c. 63m to the NNW.

The following image has been uploaded:
CL016-132----_01.jpg View of tomb from W.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack

Date of upload: 25 July 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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