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Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb

Knocknagappul (Muskerry West By.), County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb, Knocknagappul, County Cork, 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
Knocknagappul (Muskerry West By.)
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.99103, -8.95395
SMR number
CO049-067----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (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 S-facing slope of the SE spur of Museramore Mountain. This wedge tomb consists of a gallery (min. L 4m; Wth 1.3m at W, narrowing to 0.8m towards the centre) aligned WNW-ESE. The S side of the gallery is represented by four stones. Only two stones of the N side remain; the stones forming its E end and the backstone are missing. Two longitudinally set jamb stones stand inside the W end narrowing the gallery entrance width to 0.65m. The E section of the gallery is covered by a single roofstone (2.2m x 2.3m; T 0.4m at W, narrowing to 0.3m at E). The gallery is surrounded by seven outer-wall stones which curve around its E end. A prostrate slab (1.7m x 0.55m; T c. 0.2m) lies immediately SE of the outer-walling; this may be a displaced roofstone. The tomb is known locally as the 'mass-rock'. Another wedge tomb (CO049-066----) is located 300m to the E.

The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Nearby in the register

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

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