Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
Camcuill, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Camcuill
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.22672, -8.92531
- SMR number
- SL017-021----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This tomb appears to have been destroyed or is covered over by spoil from the drain to the N which was deepened sometime between the date of the original survey in 1973 and a subsequent inspection in 1993 (SMR file). (Kytmannow 2008, 140)
See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989)
The attached images were taken in 1973. SL017-021----_01.jpg is a view of the tomb from the north. SL017-021----_02.jpg is a view of the tomb from the east.
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 24 January 2014
References
Kytmannow, T. 2008 Portal tombs in the landscape. BAR British Series, no. 455. Oxford. Archaeopress.
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - burial cairnunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.