Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Rinn, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rinn
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.90044, -7.84778
- SMR number
- LE036-001----
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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 in scrub on a shelf at the N end of the E shore of Lough Rinn. A structure described as a ‘Giants Grave’ is depicted at the N end of an Avenue only on an estate map (Wogan 1750, 22). The avenue is on a N-S ridge, which at the N end merges into a drumlin. There is no other information, and no antiquity is visible at ground level in the vicinity of a road junction, although a precise location cannot be provided.
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: 7 January 2020
References
Wogan, W. 1750 A Book of Maps of the Estates belonging to Nathaniel Clements Esqr. In the Parishes of Mohill & Cloone, in the County of Leitrim. Unpublished folio of manuscript maps in the National Library of Ireland (14 A 16)
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.