Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Derrynacaheragh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrynacaheragh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.83731, -9.55482
- SMR number
- KE102-112----
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 grazing, on a S-facing slope. A wedge-shaped chamber (L 3.7m; Wth 1.1m at the E end; Wth 1.35m at the W end), aligned E-W, is closed at the E end by a single backstone. The N and S sides are each composed of three sidestones. The tomb is covered by a single roofstone (2.75m x 1.87m; T 0.3m). A prostrate stone lies immediately to the SW of the tomb.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.