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Megalithic tomb - portal tomb

Cunard, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - portal tomb, Cunard, County Dublin, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Cunard
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.21832, -6.32839
SMR number
DU025-051----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Known locally as the 'Shed Stone' this tomb is situated on the N bank of a stream at the head of Glenasmole valley. It comprises of an oblong boulder (L2.30m, Wth 1.90m; 0.75m) single chamber (int. dims. L 1.25m; Wth 0.9m-1.45m; H 1.35m) supported by two granite portal stones (H 1.08m and 0.55m respectively) and a backstone of granite that carries a massive capstone (L 2.1m; Wth 1.6m; D 0.6m). Loose boulders lie around the perimeter of the tomb (McDix 1925, 122; Price 1940, 123; Healy 1961, 115-6)
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 28 July 2018

References

Healy, P. 1961 The Valley of Glenasmole. Dublin Historical Record 16, 109-30.

McDix, E.R. 1925 Some antiquities on Tallaght Hill. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 55, 126-9.

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

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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