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Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb

Derrymihin West, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb, Derrymihin West, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Derrymihin West
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.66567, -9.88826
SMR number
CO115-094----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1868 · 4. Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In rough pasture, with outcropping rock on the bog-covered SW-facing slopes overlooking Castletownbere and Berehaven Harbour. The lower portion of the outer element of the tomb is enveloped in peat. The wedge-shaped gallery (L 1.6m; Wth 0.72m at E end), aligned ENE-WSW, is closed at E by a backstone. The N side is represented by a single slab and the S side is formed by two uprights; the W of these leans markedly inwards. The gallery is partly covered by a roofstone (1.85m x 1.75m; T 0.15-0.2m) which has slipped forward over the collapsed S sidestone and slopes down to the SW blocking the W end of the monument. An inclined slab set immediately outside the S side near the backstone may be part of outer-walling. A standing stone (CO115-095----) is located 140m to the NE and a fulacht fia (CO115-096----) 180m to the SE.

The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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