Megalithic tomb - portal tomb

Kilmashogue, County Dublin, Ireland

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Townland: Kilmashogue
County: Dublin
Country: Ireland
Latest-edition OS map: Dolmen
Coordinates: 53.25222, -6.28183
SMR number: DU025-006----

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on the grounds of Larch Hill on gently sloping pasture near the valley bottom W of Kilmashogue Mountain. A megalithic tomb in a collapsed condition with a ruined chamber facing uphill to the E. One of the portal stones, almost square in section, still stands (H 2.5m). The collapsed roofstone covers the chamber (L 3.8m; Wth 2.65m; D 0.7m). There are a number of large collapsed stones lying close to these structural stones. Borlase (1897, 2, 394-5) describes a circle of stones which is not apparent today (Turner 1983, 6-7; Anon.1914, 225-6; Price 1940, 124).
Complied by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 8 July 2018

References

Turner, K. 1983 If you seek monuments: a guide to the antiquities of the barony of Rathdown. Rathmichael Historical Society.

Price, L. 1940 The Antiquities and Place Names of South County Dublin. Dublin Historical Record 2, 121-133.

Anon. 1914e South County Dublin. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 44, 223-88.

Borlase, W.C. 1897 The Dolmens of Ireland, 3 vols. London. Chapman and Hall.

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