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Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb

Maulagowna, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb, Maulagowna, 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
Maulagowna
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.80920, -9.65623
SMR number
KE101-069001-

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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 hill pasture, on cutaway bog on a SW-facing slope overlooking the valley of Lough Inchiquin. A wedge-shaped chamber (L c. 2m; Wth 0.9m at the SW end; Wth 0.65m at the NE end) aligned NE-SW and known locally as 'Leaba na gCon'. Each side comprises a single sidestone, the NW sidestone leaning inwards. The NE end is closed by an inset backstone, the exterior of which is obscured by bog. The roofstone (2m x 1.6m; T 0.3m) slopes down to the NE. A cist (KE101-069002-) and a cairn (KE101-137----) lie 2.5m and 70m to the SSE, respectively.

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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