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Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb

Milltown, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb, Milltown, 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
Milltown
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.87130, -8.79379
SMR number
CL035-007----

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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

In improved, gently undulating pasture, on a gentle SE-facing slope. There is a mature isolated tree within the same field, further to the NW. A field boundary with hedgerow is c. 14m to the SW. Limited views of surrounding countryside due to tree-lined field boundaries. Not depicted or named on any OS historic mapping. There is no visible surface trace of a megalithic tomb at this location. According to the Discovery Programme (2006), a number of megalithic structures are described by Westropp (1902-04, 111-14), however not all of these could be matched with the respective SMR numbers. De Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 92, no. 3) describe this as the site of a probable wedge tomb. The site of another wedge tomb (CL035-006----) is c. 55m to the N.

The following document has been uploaded:

CL035-007----_01.pdf 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: Mary Tunney and Alison McQueen

Date of upload: 25 October 2017

References

Westropp, T.J. 1902-4 The cists, dolmens, and pillars in the eastern half of the county of Clare. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 24C, 107-131.

de Valera, R. and Ó Nualláin, S. 1961 Survey of the megalithic tombs of Ireland, vol. 1: County Clare. Dublin. Stationery Office.

Nearby in the register

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

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