Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
Ballinascorney Upper, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinascorney Upper
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.21700, -6.38226
- SMR number
- DU024-047002-
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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
Situated NE of the summit of Seahan Mountain from which there are extensive views of the Liffey valley, and the passage tombs at Mountpelier. The passage tomb is much denuded and peat covered. It comprises a roughly circular cairn (diam.22m) which is defined by boulders, best preserved in the S and E. Many of the kerbstones have been displaced. There are indications of a passage, aligned N-S and a central square chamber (0.9m sq. ) defined by three orthostats at W (H 0.49m), E (H 0.7m) and S (H 0.57m). The chamber is covered by a slightly displaced capstone (Herity 1974, 256; Redmond and Mac Aonghusa 1994, 36-9).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 7 July 2018
References
Herity, M. 1974 Irish Passage Graves. Dublin. Irish University Press.
Redmond, M. and Mac Aonghusa, D. 1994 A passage-tomb cemetery on Seahan Mountain, Ballinascorney Upper, county Dublin. Trowel 5, 36-40.
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