Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Derrymihin West, County Cork, Ireland
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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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
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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.