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Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb

Ballygriffin, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb, Ballygriffin, 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
Ballygriffin
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.85736, -9.56638
SMR number
KE093-086003-

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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)
  • 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

In rough pasture with occasional rock outcropping, on a break on the lower E-facing slopes of Mucksna Mountain. A wedge-shaped chamber (L 2.2m; Wth c. 1m at the NNW end; Wth 0.65m at the SSE end) is aligned NNW-SSE. A single upright sidestone forms each side and a single backstone closes the SSE end. The roofstone (L 2m; Wth 1.5m; T 0.2m) has slipped to the SE where one end of it rests on the ground; the centre of the roofstone rests on the E sidestone. Two heavily leaning slabs, amid a scatter of prostrate stones near the NNW end, may represent an antechamber. A possible outer wall is suggested by a low upright stone amid the rubble to the E of the chamber. An enclosure (KE093-086002-) lies c. 60m to the NNE and a relict field boundary (KE093-086001-) c. 60m to the NW.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

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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