Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
Ballynoe Or Newtown, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynoe Or Newtown
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cromlech
- Coordinates
- 52.76693, -6.73258
- SMR number
- CW013-036----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Monument No. HM00320/321/322, this monument was entered in the Register of Historic Monuments on the 23 August 1977. Capstone (3.5m x 3.2m x 0.8m) resting on single orthostat (other collapsed) and small flat stone. Small endstone visible. Facing upslope to E, at end rock outcrop. No visible trace of cairn or cover mound (JRSAI 1983, 91)
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.