Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
Drumhawnagh, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumhawnagh
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Druids Altar
- Coordinates
- 53.88105, -7.46846
- SMR number
- CV031-026----
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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
Situated close to the roadside in rolling grassland. This well-preserved polygonal chamber is formed by two portal-stones, two sidestones and a backstone, covered by a single roofstone. It is 2.3m long and 2m wide inside the portal-stones, narrowing to 1.1m at the backstone. The portal-stones, at the NNW, stand 0.75m apart and both are 1.55m high. Both sidestones lean inwards against the portal-stones and backstone. The inward-leaning backstone is 1.25m high. The roofstone measures 1.9m by 1.8m by 0.2m thick. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 131, No. 32)
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).
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