Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Gortlahard (glanarought By., Cappagh Ed), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortlahard (glanarought By., Cappagh Ed)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.85468, -9.48665
- SMR number
- KE093-093001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 an elevation on a S-facing slope overlooking the valley of the Sheen River. A wedge-shaped chamber (L 2.6m; Wth 1.3m at the SW end; Wth 0.9m at the NE end) aligned NE-SW and closed by a backstone at NE. There are two sidestones on the SE side and three on the NW side. A single roofstone (2.1m x 2m) slopes down towards the NE end. The tomb is set within a circular, largely grass-covered, cairn of stones (diam. c. 10m; H 1m), the top of which is level with the roofstone. A relict field boundary (KE093-093002-) is in the immediate vicinity to the NE and another relict field boundary (KE093-093003-) is c. 60m to the W.
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
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.