Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Derrygortnacloghy, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrygortnacloghy
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cromlech (1904)
- Coordinates
- 51.81680, -9.11716
- SMR number
- CO081-029----
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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
Towards W end of one of number of low ridges in NE foothills of Shehy Mountains; site overlooks River Lee valley to N. Comprises large, wedge-shaped gallery (L 3.5m; Wth 1.6m at W end, 1.1m at E; H 1.5m to W) aligned E-W; represented by one sidestone to N, two to S and apparent inset backstone at E end; three closely-set outer-wall stones along S side. Gallery decreases in height from W to E; covered by single roofstone. Monument formerly incorporated in townland boundary fence; fence now removed (1991). 'Cup marked capstone' (Finlay 1973, 167). (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1982, 20-1, Co. 28)
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
- Burial groundunder 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.