Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - unclassified
Doonfore, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doonfore
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated by symbol for outcropping rock
- Coordinates
- 54.35180, -8.60496
- SMR number
- SL007-042----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Indicated on the OS 6-inch map as single exposure of outcropping rock. There were two upright slabs set at right-angles to each other with two others lying nearby. These remains were removed in the course of land reclamation c. 20 years ago (local information). A single slab is lying on the fence to the W and the others were placed in the SE corner of the field. While the exact nature of the monument is unknown the possibility that it could represent the last vestiges of a megalithic tomb cannot be ruled out.
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 7 October 2011
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.