Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - court tomb
Killydrutan, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killydrutan
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.22799, -6.98784
- SMR number
- MO013-007----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in woodland on a N-facing slope overlooking Barn Hill Lough which is c. 130m to the NW at the nearest point. There is a shallow court at E consisting of two stones, one on either side of the entry jambs. The chamber (L 3.7m; Wth 1.1m) is aligned E-W and its sides are represented by a single stone to the S and two stones on the N side. A transversely set stone to the W probably indicates segmentation of the gallery. Three large flags 4m N of chamber may be the remains of a kerb.
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 22 February 2018
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.