Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - court tomb
Cleighran More, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cleighran More
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cromlech
- Coordinates
- 54.12468, -8.01703
- SMR number
- LE020-007----
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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
Situated in rough pasture at the S edge of a shelf on the W-facing foothills of Sliabh Anierin. A three-chambered gallery (L 7m) divided by jambstones with a SE-facing court (dims 3.8m NE-SW; 3.5m NW-SE) is surrounded by the remains of a low cairn (dims 12.5m NW-SE; 8.5m NE-SW). Only one collapsed lintel remains. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 69-70)
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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