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Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb

Kilcrimple, County Galway, Ireland

The record

Townland
Kilcrimple
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Dermot & Granias Bed
Latest-edition OS map
Dermot & Granias Bed
Coordinates
53.04939, -8.74244
SMR number
GA129-018----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 low ground in undulating farmland, c. 200m to the SE of a small stream. This tomb consists of a wedge-shaped chamber (L c. 3.5m; Wth 1.6m at W narrowing to 1.3m at E), aligned ENE-WSW, formed by a single sidestone at N and two sidestones at S which support a large roofstone. Traces of a low mound are present at N and W. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 300; de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 23)

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).

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Date of upload: 19 August 2019

References

de Valera, R. and Ó Nualláin, S. 1972 Survey of the megalithic tombs of Ireland, vol. 3, Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. Dublin. Stationery Office.

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

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