Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - court tomb
Tullyskeherny (drumahaire By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tullyskeherny (drumahaire By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Megaliths
- Coordinates
- 54.28121, -8.15571
- SMR number
- LE011-038002-
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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
Located in a shallow basin on a plateau with a ciff edge (H c. 3m) c. 60m to the NW. An oval cairn (dims 24m NE-SW; 18m NW-SE; max. H 2m) contains a two-chambered gallery (L 5m; Wth 2-2.5m) opening on to a SW-facing court, and there is a small chamber, possibly a subsidiary chamber, at the NE end of the cairn. The court tomb (LE011-038001-) lies c. 10m to the NE. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin, 1972, 64-5)
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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- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.