Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Barryroe (carbery W. (e.d.) By.),lahardane More, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Barryroe (carbery W. (e.d.) By.),lahardane More
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.51171, -9.24190
- SMR number
- CO151-044----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a narrow terrace on N-facing slope of ridge of outcropping rock. N side of tomb incorporated in townland boundary fence. Wedge-shaped chamber (L 3.75m; Wth 1.9m at W end, 0.9m at E) is open to WSW. N and S sides decrease in height W->E, each represented by one slab; E end closed by inset backstone. Single roofstone covers E end of chamber. No indications of surrounding mound. (Roberts 1988, Ch. 2, No. 37; O Nualláin 1989, 135).
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
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.