Megalithic tomb - unclassified

The National Monuments Service's description

This megalithic tomb is located in pasture on a low SW-facing slope above the Glencullen River. The site comprises a flat-topped, furze-covered cairn (diam.32m; H 1.5-2m) with a possible chamber SW of centre, which is indicated by a standing stone (DU028-042002-). The cairn is partly truncated by a boundary wall. There is a large depression in the S half of the cairn. In the centre of the cairn there is a gallery aligned NW-SE (Wth 1.7-3.5m, L 1.9m). It is formed by five stones. In the 1970s there were three large granite slabs visible (Healy 1975, 1-19). A sketch map accompanying the OS Letters in 1837 show the site as a 'Giant's Grave' and an accompanying note mentions that 'There was a cromleac here but is now destroyed' (Herity 2001, 16). It is listed by Powell (1941, 21-23) as a gallery grave.

This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 157/1940).

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy.

Revised upload on: 15 April 2018.

References

Healy, P. 1975b Third report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha, Dublin.

Healy, P. 1975a Second report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha Teoranta.

Herity, M. (ed.) 2001 Ordnance Survey Letters: Dublin. Dublin. Four Masters Press.

Powell, T.G.E. 1941a Megalithic tombs in South-East Ireland. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 71, 9-23.