Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
Lear, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lear
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.89669, -7.80971
- SMR number
- LE036-012----
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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 at the crest of a NW-facing slope. The tomb on McKenna’s land was widely known locally and it was described in the local folklore during the 1930s (IFC: vol. 0214, 332; 0220, 23-4; 022, 588-9). A large stone (dims 3m NW-SE; 2.6m NE-SW; T 0.2-0.4m) is resting on a single orthostat (dims 0.8m x 0.2m; H 1m) with another orthostat (dims 1m x 0.2m; H 1.2m) adjacent. The back of the large stone rests on the ground on the W side of a N-S field bank. The stone is surrounded by an overgrown cairn (diam. c. 20m; H c. 1m) which survives only W of the field bank.
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
IFC Schools' MSS: Irish Folklore Commission Schools' Manuscripts. Department of Folklore. University College, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.