Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Com An Tsleabhcháin, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Com An Tsleabhcháin
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.77414, -10.16154
- SMR number
- KE106-036002-
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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
This small, ruined monument is located less than 100m E of KE106-036001-, on land which slopes sharply away from its S end. A single repositioned upright marks the N side of the gallery. Two stones constitute its S side; that at E is set inside the line of the other, outside which is a possible buttress-stone. A septal- or door-stone crosses the W end of the gallery. The single stone which formerly covered the chamber is now displaced (de Valera and Ó Nuallain 1982, 66-7).
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 78. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume IV. Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1982)
Date of upload: 30 July 2013
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