Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
Cleenrah, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cleenrah
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Dermot & Granias Bed
- Coordinates
- 53.85686, -7.59619
- SMR number
- LF006-004----
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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
On a low, rocky ridge about 200m N of Leebeen Lough. A chamber (L c. 2m) faces W. Portal-stones, 0.45m apart, mark the entrance. Single stones, each set outside and leaning against the adjacent portal-stone, form the sides. A backstone set between the ends of the sidestones closes the chamber. Some small stones block a gap between the end of the backstone and the N sidestone. A roofstone (L 2.7m; Wth 2.5m; max. T 1.25m) rests on the five orthostats (all c. H 1.5m). (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 88, no. 2; O'Donovan 2002, 14)
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).
Compiled by: Eamon Cody
Date of upload: 3 October 2011
References
Moore, S. 2007 Archaeological monuments in County Longford. Longford. Longford County Council.
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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