Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - court tomb
Creenagh (mohill By.), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creenagh (mohill By.)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Giants Grave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Megalith
- Coordinates
- 53.90560, -7.83539
- SMR number
- LE033-046----
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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 on a gentle S-facing spine overlooking a low-lying basin to the S. An overgrown area with several upright stones suggests the remains of a two-chambered gallery (dims 7m NE-SW; 1.5m NW-SE) which probably formed a court tomb. Seven contiguous stones, including one jamb-stone at E, on the SE side of the gallery survive with two jamb-stones from the NW side. There are some traces of a cairn but field stones have been added to it. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 80-81)
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 upload: 23 September 2008
Amended: 9 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.
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