Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Carrigonirtane, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrigonirtane
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.96849, -9.05348
- SMR number
- CO059-013----
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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
On little platform on SE-facing slope at head of valley of tributary of Foherish River. Well-preserved tomb comprising gallery (L 3.7m; Wth 1.4m at W end, 1.1m at E), aligned E-W; represented by three sidestones to N, four to S and inset backstone at E end, surrounded by closely-set outer walling. Gallery sidestones decrease in height from W to E. Gallery covered by three overlapping roofstones. No clear indications of mound. (de Valera and O Nualláin 1982, 10-11, Co. 13)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Stone circle - five-stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.