Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - court tomb
Edergole, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Edergole
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Giants Grave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Giants Grave
- Coordinates
- 54.12156, -7.06198
- SMR number
- MO018-043----
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 bottom of the W-facing slope of a knoll on the crest of an E-W drumlin ridge, and incorporated into the N bank of an E-W road. At ENE, two jambs surmounted by a large lintel give access to gallery (L 7.5m; Wth 1.8m). (Borlase 1897, vol. 1, 294; de Valera 1960, 123-4)
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.
Revised by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 19 June 2018
References
Borlase, W.C. 1897 The Dolmens of Ireland, 3 vols. London. Chapman and Hall.
de Valera, R. 1960 The court cairns of Ireland. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 60C, 9-140.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.