Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Molum, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Molum
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KK040-098----
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The National Monuments Service's description
This potential monument was described by James Fogarty in his manuscript account of antiquities compiled in 1851‒2 as ‘the great Leaba feina’ known as ‘Coran’s Tomb’, which stood in the kitchen garden of a house. It was composed of ‘huge-shaped sandstones from 10 cwt to 2 tons weight’ and had been destroyed c. 1845 (1851-2, 117, 132). A search of the townland was undertaken in 1989 but there was no local knowledge of its existence and no trace of it was found. The location of this monument within Molum townland is unknown.
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 25 April 2023
References
Fogarty, J. 1851-2 Account of antiquities in and around the barony of Iverk, Co. Kilkenny. Manuscript: Department of Irish Folklore, National University of Ireland, Dublin.