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Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb

Baurearagh (Glanarought By., Banawn ED), County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb, Baurearagh, 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
Baurearagh (Glanarought By., Banawn ED)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.80117, -9.63565
SMR number
KE101-076----

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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 mountain pasture, on a terrace on the S-facing upper slopes of Knocknagorraveela. A waterlogged wedge-shaped chamber (L 4m; Wth 2.6m at the WSW end; Wth 1.6m at the ENE end) aligned WSW-ENE and largely enveloped in blanket bog. The tops of three sidestones are visible on the S side while those on the N side are covered with peat. An inclined slab exposed at the ENE may be a fallen out backstone. A small part of the roofstone is exposed WSW of the chamber and overlies the N of two transversely set jamb-like stones forming an entrance.

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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