Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - unclassified
Unknown, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Unknown
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- MO031-115----
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The National Monuments Service's description
This site is recorded in the 'Statistical survey of County Monaghan' as follows: 'Near Carrickmacross, is one of these great Druidical temples, which are seen in some parts of Ireland. It consists of an oblong mound of earth which widens to the centre, and is there twenty feet across (6.1m); at either end it measures but eight feet (2.44m), and is a hundred feet long (30.48m). This mound was enclosed with great oblong stones, set up on an end; a good deal of it has been destroyed for the sake of the limestone, which surrounds it'. (Coote 1801, 142). This account was paraphrased in Lewis' 'Topographical dictionary' (1837, ii, 381). The description does not accord with any known megalithic monument and the exact location and nature of this site are uncertain.
Date of upload: 14 April 2011
References
Lewis, S. 1837 A topographical dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. London. Lewis and Co.
Coote, C. 1801 Statistical survey of the county of Monaghan. Dublin. Graisberry and Campbell.