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Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb

Laughanstown, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb, Laughanstown, 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
Laughanstown
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Carn
Coordinates
53.24225, -6.15167
SMR number
DU026-024----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · 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

Located on a ridge overlooking the Bride's Glen to the S. A roughly oval-shaped cairn (L 14m; Wth 12m; H 1.2m) orientated E-W. The kerbstones are visible along the N and S sides. The cairn narrows towards the E and curves inwards to create a heel-shaped appearance. There are indications of a straight façade at the W end (Fanning 1974, 151-3). Excavations close by in 2000 produced a finely polished, broken stone axe with pecking on its sides, possibly of dolerite, (Seaver & Keeley 2002, 12-14 ).

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy.

Revised upload on: 14 April 2018.

References

Fanning, T. 1974 A wedge tomb at Laughanstown, Co. Dublin. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 104, 151-3.

Seaver, M. and Keeley, V. 2002 Laughanstown. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 112-14. Bray. Wordwell.

Nearby in the register

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

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