Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
Cunard, County Dublin, Ireland
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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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
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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.