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Megalithic tomb - court tomb

Tullyskeherny (Rosclogher By.), County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - court tomb, Tullyskeherny, County Leitrim, 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
Tullyskeherny (Rosclogher By.)
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.36964, -8.10060
SMR number
LE005-022----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a shelf on the N-facing slope of a S-N spur of Saddle Hill, with fairly level ground in the immediate vicinity W-N-E. It is located within a mature coniferous forest and is not recorded on any map but was first reported by Ciarán Rock. It consists of the remains of a cairn (dims 15m ENE-WSW; c. 8m NNW-SSE; H c. 1m) that is truncated on all sides. The cairn contains a fragment of a gallery (int. dims 5m plus ENE-WSW; 2.6m NNW-SSE) defined by two large stones (L 1.45m; 1.7m; H 0.7-0.9m) on the N side and three (L 0.7m; 1.7m; 2.4m; H 0.5-1m) on the S but the W end is obscured by cairn material. There are two jamb-stones at E (N: dims 1.1m x 0.4m; H 1.2m; S: 1m x 0.3m; H 1m) 0.5m apart with a single court stone (L 1.05m; H 0.8m) immediately to the N and a second possible court stone (dims 0.6m x 0.3m; H 0.6m) 1.5m S of the S jamb-stone. A third possible court stone (dims 0.7m x 0.7m; H 1m) is 4.6m E of the jamb-stones, but no roof-stones were identified.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 2 September, 2019

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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