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Megalithic tomb - portal tomb

Leagun (Ballynahinch By.), County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - portal tomb, Leagun, County Galway, 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
Leagun (Ballynahinch By.)
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.52459, -10.12323
SMR number
GA022-051----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · 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

On a S-facing slope overlooking Streamstown Bay. This tomb, fairly well preserved but lacking a roof, consists of a large single chamber (L 3.5m, Wth c. 1.7m) aligned NNW-SSE, with its rear set close to an escarpment of outcropping rock. The W side of the chamber is formed of three stones and the E side of two stones. The entrance, at S, is marked by two tall, well-matched portal stones set inside the line of the adjoining sidestones. A single set stone stands to S of W portal. Traces of a mound survive to S and W. While it can be classified as a portal-tomb, the possibility of it being the rear chamber of a court-tomb cannot be excluded.

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

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

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