Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
Cloonfinnan, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonfinnan
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Dermot & Grainnes Bed
- Latest-edition OS map
- Megalith
- Coordinates
- 53.90889, -7.91780
- SMR number
- LE032-086----
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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
Located towards the top of the E-facing slope of a low drumlin. This is an overgrown rectangular chamber (dims c. 3m N-S; 1-1.3m E-W) consisting of two damaged portal-stones (H 1.2m; 1.7m) and a sillstone at S, with two sidestones, and a backstone which has fallen inwards. The roofstone (dims c. 2.8m x c. 1.9m; T 0.3-0.5m) rests on the portal-stones. There is no evidence of a cairn. (Borlase 1897, vol. 1, 195; de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 75-6)
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
Amended: 6 December, 2019
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.
Borlase, W.C. 1897 The Dolmens of Ireland, 3 vols. London. Chapman and Hall.
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