Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Na Doirí, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Na Doirí
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.90946, -9.21966
- SMR number
- CO069-003----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 level spur in cut-away bog overlooking Douglas River valley to NE. Comprises ruined gallery (L 2.3m; Wth c. 0.9m at E end) aligned ENE-WSW, represented by two jamb-like stones at W end, single sidestones to N and S, and doubling of backstone at E end; outer-wall stones to N, E and S.Upright slab to NW may be remains of facade or part of pre-bog wall which skirts N side of monument (CO069-070---). (Ó Nualláin 1989, 135)
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
Nearby in the register
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 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.