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Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb

Corduff South, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb, Corduff South, County Leitrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Corduff South
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Coordinates
53.91413, -7.74869
SMR number
LE033-053----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a gentle W-facing slope and just S of an E-W road. It is depicted only on the 1907 and 1945 editions of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a ‘Grave Yard’. This is a scrub-covered, wedge-shaped area (dims 9m NE-SW; 4.5m NW-SE at NE to 9.5m at SW) defined by a line (L 6.7m) of nine contiguous upright slabs (H 0.3-0.8m) at the NW edge and seven on the SE side, but only four on the SE side remain standing. Some of the fallen stones are larger (L 1.3m; 2m) and might have been lintels. No internal structural stones are visible but one large kerbstone (L 2.55m x 0.35-0.5m; H 0.7m) is at the SW end. It is very likely to be a wedge tomb.

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

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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