Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - court tomb
Shesknan, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shesknan
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.40651, -8.33288
- SMR number
- LE003-005----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a platform of a NE-facing slope at the NE foot of Tievebaun Mountain, and c. 20m N of a wedge tomb (LE003-006---). This is a rectangular cairn (dims 37m NW-SE; 20m NE-SW; H 1.25m) and contains a single orthostatic chamber (dims 6m x 2.5m) in the centre while two uprights (max. H 1m) 6m to the E may flank an entrance to a full court identifiable only by a single slab at S. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 50-51)
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).
References
de Valera, R. and Ó Nualláin, S. 1972 Survey of the megalithic tombs of Ireland, vol. 3, Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. Dublin. Stationery Office.
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