Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - court tomb
Carnbane, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carnbane
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.20732, -7.06128
- SMR number
- MO013-014----
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 at the S summit of a N-S drumlin ridge. It is not recorded on any map but is mentioned in the Schools’ Manuscripts (IFC, Schools’ Mss (953) 375: https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes ). This is a cairn (L 23m; Wth 11m) orientated NE-SW, incorporating at the NE end the fairly full remains of a three-quarter court (Wth 5.5m NW-SE; D 6m NE-SW). Single façade stones (H 1.1m) survive at either side of the court. A NNE-SSW field boundary crosses the cairn and partly defines the NW extent of the court. The gallery (L 7.2m; Wth 1.5m) narrows from the front to the rear and is divided into three chambers by two sets of jambs.
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
References
IFC Schools' MSS: Irish Folklore Commission Schools' Manuscripts. Department of Folklore. University College, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.