Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - court tomb
Corradooey, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corradooey
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- County Carn
- Coordinates
- 54.73008, -7.68769
- SMR number
- DG087-007----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Marked 'County Cam' on the OS Revision of 1900. Part of this tomb is in the townland of Garvagh, Co. Tyrone. It is sited on a low ridge in poor pasture. A partly destroyed court on the NE ·gives entry to a gallery which consists of a short ante-chamber and a main chamber. A second chamber has apparently been destroyed. Three stones survive on the N side of the court and one on the S. The ante-chamber is c. 1m wide and c. 1.2m long. Two jambs separate it from the main chamber which is 3m long and 1.5m — 1.75m wide. A pair of jambs at the back of this chamber indicate the former existence of a second chamber. There are some roofing corbels in position on the N side of the gallery.
The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.
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.