Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Belrose Lower, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Belrose Lower
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.76255, -8.93523
- SMR number
- CO095-079----
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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
At foot of outcropping rock ridge, on floor of broad shallow valley. Ruinous; three stones set in line (L 2.6m), represent side (possibly N) of a gallery, aligned NW-SW. Displaced roofstone rests against W pair. Orthostat at right-angles to S side of the W end of gallery may represent a frontal facade. No indications of surrounding mound. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1982, 33, Co. 47)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.