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Megalithic tomb - unclassified

Magheramenagh, County Donegal, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - unclassified, Magheramenagh, County Donegal, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Magheramenagh
County
Donegal
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Dermot and Granias Bed (1905)
Coordinates
55.15255, -8.00624
SMR number
DG025-023----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1881 map "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1900 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 1. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

This feature was first shown on the 1847-9 edition of the OS 6-inch map. All trace of it had been removed by 1952. At the beginning of the 20th century 'two large boulders' are said to have marked the site (OS 1:2,500 Name Book, 1903). The word 'boulders' in the Name Book entry was inserted in place of the words 'standing stones', which are crossed out. According to Thomas Fagan (1845-8), this feature consisted of 'one traceable grave, 12 feet [c. 3.65m] long and 3 feet [c. 0.9m] wide formerly enclosed at sides and ends by large flag stones, two of which still remain and stand 3 feet [c. 0.9m] high, 21/2 feet [c. 0.75m] broad and 1 foot [c. 0.3m] thick. All the others have been removed within memory.'
Although it is possible that there were the scant remains of a megalithic tomb here at the time of Fagan's visit, the evidence is insufficient to warrant its acceptance as a proven one.
Fagan 1845-8, book 3, 21; OS 1:2,500 Name Book, sheet 25 (1905), 9; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 49, no. 173; SMR 1987, 25:23; RMP 1995, 25:23.

The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002).

Date of upload: 22 September 2008

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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