Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - unclassified
Drumsallagh, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumsallagh
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Giants Grave
- Coordinates
- 53.92555, -6.83172
- SMR number
- CV035-038----
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A rectangular structure, measuring 6.5m by 2m, depicted on the OS 25-inch field trace of 1908, is represented by a number of slabs incorporated in a field fence. Two of the stones are set. One, 1.2m long, 0.45m thick, and 1.65m high, exposed in the S face of the fence, is aligned NW-SE. The other, 3.5m to the W, protrudes from the opposite side of the fence which is about 2m thick. This measures 1m long, 0.4m thick and 1.4m high. Between the set stones two partially concealed slabs are embedded in the fence. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 134-5, No. 37)
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
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- Ringfort - rathunder 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.