Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - court tomb
Tiredigan, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tiredigan
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cairnbaine Giants Grave
- Coordinates
- 54.19730, -7.07477
- SMR number
- MO012-041----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: 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
Located on rock outcrop towards the bottom of the SE-facing slope of the spine of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. It is marked only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as ‘Cairnbaine Giant’s Grave’. This is probably a dual court-tomb incorporated into a trapezoidal cairn aligned ENE-WSW (L 36m; max. Wth 19m at E). The E tomb has the remains of a three-quarter court (L 6.5m; Wth 5.5m) with two façade stones to the N of the gallery. Two entry jambs surmounted by a lintel give access to a chamber (L 4m; Wth 1.7m). Beyond this, two segmenting jambs indicate a continuation of the gallery. At the opposite end of the cairn is a chamber (L 2.3m; Wth 1.2m) with double jambs open to the W. (de Valera 1960, 123).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
This is a National Monument in Guardianship: No. 367
Date of upload: 17 July 2007
References
de Valera, R. 1960 The court cairns of Ireland. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 60C, 9-140.
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.