Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
Corleanamaddy, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corleanamaddy
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.14372, -6.82548
- SMR number
- MO019-027----
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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
Situated on a SW-facing slope c. 100m S of a small col between slight rises to the E and W. From a survey by H. G. Tempest made in 1936 (SMR file) it appears to be a cairn (L 28m; Wth 12m) aligned NNE-SSW incorporating a portal-tomb opening to the NNE at the N end. The tomb (L 2m; Wth 1.1m) is represented by pair of portal stones, two side stones, a back stone and a displaced roof stone. The remains of two subsidiary chambers open off the cairn on the E side. It may have been removed since 1984.
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: 22 June 2018
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.