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Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb

Gortnakilla, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb, Gortnakilla, County Kerry, 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
Gortnakilla
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.97083, -9.31904
SMR number
KE076-056----

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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)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (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

In rough pasture, in an area of cutaway bog with traces of pre-bog walls (KE076-056001-), on the S side of the crest of a ridge. The remains consist of a gallery (L 2.65m; Wth 1.2m at W end; Wth 0.75m at E) aligned E-W. Three sidestones form the N and S sides of the gallery. A capstone (1.95m E-W; 1.15m N-S; T 0.12m), which has broken into at least five pieces, slopes down to the S where it rests on the ground. The N side of the capstone rests on the S sidestones. There are traces of outer walling to the N and S. The wedge tomb is surrounded by a low mound which is best preserved at N. Another wedge tomb (KE076-038---) lies c. 400m to W.

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

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

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