Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Boulder-burial
Cahirguillamore (smallcounty By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cahirguillamore (smallcounty By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.50994, -8.57975
- SMR number
- LI031-041006-
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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
Described in 1942-3 as following; This is a very doubtful site, but the structure may be a very devolved megalith. It consists of a large boulder of limestone resting on a number of quite small stones under its centre. The small stones have not been placed with any particular care or arrangement. The maximum height of the top of the boulder is 4' [1.2m]. The stone measures 8' [2.4m] north-south and 5' 6" [1.7m] east-west' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 232). Boulder visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 3 March 2020
References
O'Kelly, M.J. 1942-3 A survey of the antiquities in the barony of Small County, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 3, 75-97, 169-84, 222-46.
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.