Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Donore, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Donore
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Dolmen
- Coordinates
- 52.67863, -6.94903
- SMR number
- CW016-075----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
This is the S of the two features first marked 'Dolmen' on the 1905 edition of the OS 6-inch map. It consists of a 'massive granite slab (2.95m N-S x 3.60m E-W) now split in two, supported at N by large upright slab (L 2.10m x H 1.00 - 1.30m). S end of 'capstone' rests on rocky ground.' (Brindley and Kilfeather 1993, 2, no. 4). The remains cannot on present evidence be accepted as those of a megalithic tomb. (OSM (1939), A/132a/25; Brindley and Kilfeather 1993, 2, No. 4)
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload/revision: 1 April 2019
References
OS Memoranda - A collection of survey notes and descriptions of monuments on pro-forma sheets compiled by Ordnance Survey field staff in the course of the 1:2500 map revision of various counties, mostly dating from 1931 – early 1960s. These unpublished manuscripts form part of the records of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service Archive, Dublin.
Brindley, A.L. and Kilfeather, A. 1993 Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
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- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.