Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Dromduff, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromduff
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Dolmen (1938)
- Coordinates
- 51.92535, -8.93318
- SMR number
- CO071-008----
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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 W side of River Laney valley. Monument destroyed between 1963 and 1966. Comprised ruined gallery, aligned approximately E-W and partly incorporated in field fence. N side exposed beneath large roofstone. Single stone to NW may have been outer walling. (de Valera and O Nualláin 1982, 17, Co. 22)
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.