Megalithic tomb - unclassified

The National Monuments Service's description

This record is for a possible megalith in Shallee townland. Borlase (1897, vol. 1, 81) reports ‘In the townland of Shallee, and Parish of Kilnamona, is a place called Leaba-na-glaise. Here may have been a dolmen. In some MS. “Notes” lent to me by Miss M. Stokes, reference is made to “human remains, a skull much shattered, and leg bones having been found here.”’ The location of these remains is unknown.

 

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

 

Date of upload: 12 November 2025

References

Borlase, W.C. 1897 The Dolmens of Ireland, 3 vols. London. Chapman and Hall.