Megalithic tomb - unclassified

The National Monuments Service's description

Located at the summit of a NNW-SSE drumlin ridge. It is described as a ‘Druid’s Circle’ in gothic lettering on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map, and as the site of a ‘Cromlech’ on the 1907 edition. Ordinance Survey Memoirs record 'the partial remains of a Druidical Circle the extent of which cannot be traced' (RIA Box 49, Muckno Parish, 16), and Shirley (1879, 515) describes them as ‘some standing-stones’. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in pasture.

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 More

Date of revision: 26 February 2018

References

Shirley, E.P. 1879 (Reprint 1988) The history of the county of Monaghan. London. Pickering.

OS Memoranda - A collection of survey notes and descriptions of monuments on pro-forma sheets compiled by Ordnance Survey field staff in the course of the 1:2500 map revision of various counties, mostly dating from 1931 – early 1960s. These unpublished manuscripts form part of the records of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service Archive, Dublin.