Megalithic tomb - passage tomb

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on the coast at the mouth of the river Delvin. Part of the Bremore passage tomb cemetery (Rynne 1960, 81, Mound V). It comprises a low sub-circular mound (max. dims. 11.5m N-S; 8.5m E-W; H 0.75m) with two large stones visible on the N side. Listed as a passage tomb (Herity 1974, 209). Geophysical survey (Licence no. 06R0050) of the mound identified a cairn of stones covering a possible central burial or cremation. Seven isolated magnetic responses are arranged around the circumference of the mound. These may be interpreted as small pits or areas of burning (Gimson 2006, 10). The area was also subject to a constraint study carried out by Margaret Gowen & Company Ltd. in advance of a proposed port. In addition fieldwalking and lithic analysis was undertaken for an MA study (Collins, 2007).

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout

Updated by: Christine Baker

Date of upload: 16 April 2015

This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 27/1976).

References

Gimson H. 2006 Archaeological Geophysical Survey: Bremore Townland, Balbriggan, Fingal (Licence No. 06R050). Unpublished report.National Monuments Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

Collins, K. 2007 Prehistoric land use at Bremore, Co. Dublin: the evidence from fieldwalking and lithic analysis. Unpublished MA thesis. University College Dublin

Rynne, E. 1960 Survey of a probable passage grave cemetery at Bremore, Co. Dublin. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 90, 79-81.

Herity, M. 1974 Irish Passage Graves. Dublin. Irish University Press.