Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Aghavore, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghavore
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Stone Circle
- Coordinates
- 53.97659, -7.60092
- SMR number
- LE030-037----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated at the bottom of a N-facing slope adjacent to a farmyard. What is depicted as two rows of stones running E-W (L c. 15m) on the OS 25-inch map is described as a ‘Stone Circle’ on that map and on the 1907 edition of the 6-inch map. It had been removed before 1944 and was described to Oliver Davies (SMR file) as a passage defined by two lines of stones protruding c. 0.4m from the ground. It had an entrance at W and was divided into two chambers separated by jamb-stones with cairn material (diam. c. 12m) around it but there were no kerbstones delimiting the cairn. It may have been a court tomb but no archaeological feature is visible now at ground level.
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 14 October 2019
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.