Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - unclassified
Leenaun, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leenaun
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.58073, -9.70912
- SMR number
- GA011-009----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Near the head of a valley 1.5km to S of, and overlooking the inner reaches of, Killary Harbour. The tomb consists of a gallery (L c. 2.4m, Wth 1.25m at the broader, open E end) aligned NE-SW. The W end is closed by a large stone set outside the line of the side-walls. A single stone exposed to SE of the gallery may indicate outer walling. A large slab in the chamber area may be a displaced roofstone. The monument cannot be classified with certainty but appears to be related to the wedge-tomb class. (Gibbons and Higgins 1988d, 65)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy well1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
- Hut site1 mi
- Children's burial ground1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.