Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
Aghawee, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghawee
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.88363, -7.33700
- SMR number
- CV031-003----
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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
Situated in rolling pasture 400m S of the River Erne. This E-facing chamber is 2m in overall length and narrows towards the back. Two portal- stones, 0.4m apart, each about 1.5m high, form the entrance. Single stones form each side and overlap the portal-stones. Both sidestones are about 1.2m high. The inward-leaning backstone is 0.7m high. The roofstone is broken. There are some traces of a cairn around the W end of the chamber. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 132, No. 33)
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.