Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - unclassified
Drummany (upper Loughtee By.), County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drummany (upper Loughtee By.)
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Giants Grave
- Coordinates
- 54.04307, -7.38222
- SMR number
- CV015-040----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Sited on a slight rise close to the village of Butler's Bridge. A gallery, open at both ends and orientated NNW-SSE, is 6m long and 1.6m wide. Five contiguous stones form the E side but only one orthostat remains on the opposite side. The northern stone at E, 1.95m high, is 0.5m or more taller than the other stones. The southern stone at E is skewed inward suggesting that the gallery may have ended here. There are three prostrate stones at the site. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 118-9, No. 18)
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.