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Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb

Shankill, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb, Shankill, 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
Shankill
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Dolmen
Coordinates
53.21535, -6.15470
SMR number
DU026-059----

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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

This impressive tomb is located behind a field boundary in pasture at the foot of Carrickgollogan with views onto Sugarloaf Mountain. It comprises a rectangular chamber (int L 3.6m; Wth 1.4m; max. H 1.5m) which faces NE and is formed by four regular granite slabs set on their narrow axis. A large capstone (L 2.3m) covers the NE end of the chamber. It tilts towards the S as it is resting on the two larger front slabs, which vary in height. A tree stump blocks the rear of the chamber. (Borlase 1897, 2, 392; Healy 1975, 1-19; Turner 1983, 10).

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy.

Revised upload on: 21 April 2018.

References

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

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.

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

Nearby in the register

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

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