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Megalithic structure

Leana, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic structure, Leana, 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
Leana
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Cromlechs
Latest-edition OS map
Cromlechs (1916)
Coordinates
52.99210, -9.08889
SMR number
CL017-015001-

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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 high (above the 500’ contour), short NE-SW ridge rise in mixed rough pasture and exposed limestone pavement. Indicated and labelled as ‘Cromlechs’ on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1920) editions of the OS 6-inch map. Noted by Borlase (1897, 74-76) but no trace of the monument was subsequently found by Westropp (1905, 215). Listed as ‘Megalithic structure (site)’ in the RMP (1996). There is a cairn (CL017-015003-) c. 42m to the SW, and two wedge tombs in the immediate vicinity: one (CL017-015005-) lies c. 54m to the N and another (CL017-015004-) c. 78m to the WNW.

 

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott

 

Date of upload: 23-10-2025

References

Westropp, T. J. 1905 Prehistoric remains (Forts and Dolmens) along the borders of Burren, in the county of Clare. Part 1 – The Eastern Border. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 35, 205-29. Borlase, W.C. 1897 The Dolmens of Ireland, 3 vols. London. Chapman and Hall.

Nearby in the register

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

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