Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
Woodtown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Woodtown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Dolmen
- Coordinates
- 53.26135, -6.31046
- SMR number
- DU025-002----
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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 on sloping pasture above the Owendoher river valley. A single chambered tomb facing NW is formed by a massive granite roofstone (L 6.3m; Wth 3.15m; D 1.3m) which rests on a broken portal (H 2.44m). The other portal lies close by (L 4.4m; Wth 1.1m) (Borlase 1897, 2, 282-5; Ó Nualláin 1983, 82, 90; Turner 1983, No. 6). A drawing by Gabriel Beranger (1781) shows more stones around the monument than there are today (Ball 1906, 48-9).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 7 July 2018
References
Ó Nualláin, S. 1983b Irish portal tombs: topography, siting and distribution. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 113, 143.
Borlase, W.C. 1897 The Dolmens of Ireland, 3 vols. London. Chapman and Hall.
Ball, E.F. 1902-20 (Reprint 1979) A history of the County Dublin, 6 vols. Dublin. Gill and Macmillan.
Turner, K. 1983 If you seek monuments: a guide to the antiquities of the barony of Rathdown. Rathmichael Historical Society.
Nearby in the register
- Watchtowerunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.