Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
Howth Demesne, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Howth Demesne
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.37963, -6.08226
- SMR number
- DU015-032----
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The tomb is ituated by a pathway under tree cover at the edge of Deer Park golf course at the foot of Muck Rock on the north side of Howth Head. There is an entrance in SE to a single chamber (L 2.6m; Wth 1.1m). This is indicated by two portals (H 2.75m and 2.45m respectively). The doorstone has partially collapsed into the chamber. The large roofstone (L 5.2m; Wth 4.2m; D 1.9m) still rests on the upper edge of the portals above the collapsed chamber (Borlase 1897, 2, 376-9; Ó Nualláin 1983, 82, 96).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 27 January 2015
References
Borlase, W.C. 1897 The Dolmens of Ireland, 3 vols. London. Chapman and Hall.
Ó Nualláin, S. 1983 Irish portal tombs, topography, siting and distribution. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 113, 75-105.
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Hilltop enclosureunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.