Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Glanworth, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glanworth
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Dolmen (1934)
- Coordinates
- 52.17740, -8.36758
- SMR number
- CO027-076----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In flat pasture; multiple-cist cairn (CO027-069---) c. 300m to WSW. Remains comprise chamber-like structure, aligned E-W, represented by three contiguous upright stones to S and one to N, 1.2m apart. North stone leans outwards; it is 3m L, 0.7m T and 1.1m H. West stone of S side is 1.25m L, 0.8m T and 1.15m H. Next stone is 0.8m L, 0.5m T and 1.15m H. Third stone leans to S and measures 1.4m L, 0.7m T and, if erect, 1.15m H. Nature of site is uncertain. (de Valera and O Nualláin 1982, 43)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cairn - burial cairnunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.