Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Gortalicka, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortalicka
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.96993, -9.32459
- SMR number
- KE076-038----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In rough pasture, on a W-facing slope overlooking the valley of the Slievenaneav stream. A wedge-shaped gallery (L 3m; Wth 1.9m at the W end; Wth 1.4m at the E end), aligned ENE-WSW, consists of a single capstone resting on sidestones. There is a single sidestone on either side of the gallery, each one leaning inwards. The single capstone has a mound of field-clearance material on top of it and it is partially obscured by overgrowth. The E end is closed by an inset backstone. A stone slab (L 0.95m; T 0.2m; H 1m) stands near the N side of the entrance and may have formed part of a portico. Another wedge tomb (KE076-056---) lies c. 400m to the E.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
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- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.