Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Legalough, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Legalough
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Druidical Altar
- Coordinates
- 54.26339, -7.87348
- SMR number
- CV004-010----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This is 30m E of the court tomb in the same townland (51). It consists of the remains of a SW-facing gallery flanked at either side by outer- walling. A single facade-stone survives to the S of the gallery entrance. The gallery is some 6m long and 1.5m to 1.7m wide narrowing to 1.25m at the backstone. A stone partly closes the front of the gallery. Seven sidestones are visible at the S and four at the N. Two stones, one to the N and the other to the S, continue the line of the gallery sides beyond the backstone. Five outer wall stones survive at the N and five more at the S. There appears to be some cairn material between the gallery sides and the outer wall. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 109-10, No. 8)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.