Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
Menlough, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Menlough
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.31038, -9.07074
- SMR number
- GA082-067----
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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
On grassy limestone close to the shore of Lough Corrib. The monument is fairly well preserved but lacks a roof. It consists of a chamber (L c. 4m, Wth 1.5m) aligned E-W, formed by two portal stones, at E, and two sidestones; N portal is flanked by an orthostat. The tomb is incorporated in a cairn of irregular outline. The S side of the chamber forms part of a field wall. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 13)
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
See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).
Nearby in the register
- Leacht cuimhneunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Pillar stone (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.