Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Rathaneague, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathaneague
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Dolmen (1936)
- Coordinates
- 52.02635, -8.23841
- SMR number
- CO054-007002-
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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
Situated on N-facing slope near top of low ridge overlooking Bride and Blackwater river basins. Tomb is very ruined. Gallery (L c. 3.2m), aligned NE-SW, represented by a prostrate sidestone to N, remains of outer-walling on S side, septal stone with possible portico to SW, and a number of displaced slabs. Structure is surrounded by traces of mound. (de Valera and O Nualláin 1982, 9, No. 12)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume IV. Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1982)
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.