Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Ballinascorney Upper, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinascorney Upper
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.21699, -6.38226
- SMR number
- DU024-047003-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated to SE of the summit of Seahan Mountain from which there are extensive views of the Liffey valley, and the passage tombs at Mountpelier. A megalithic structure is located SE of the main cairn (DU024:047001-) which crowns the summit. It is largely peat-covered and comprises a square chamber (1.2m by 1.2m) with some traces of kerbstones to the NW (Redmond and Mac Aonghusa 1994, 36).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 7 July 2018
References
Redmond, M. and Mac Aonghusa, D. 1994 A passage-tomb cemetery on Seahan Mountain, Ballinascorney Upper, county Dublin. Trowel 5, 36-40.
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Quarry1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.