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Megalithic tomb - passage tomb

Carrownamaddoo (Carbury By., Ballysadare West ED,CASTLEDARGAN, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - passage tomb, County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Carrownamaddoo (Carbury By., Ballysadare West ED,CASTLEDARGAN
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Calliagh a Veras House
Coordinates
54.21425, -8.45414
SMR number
SL020-129----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 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)

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The National Monuments Service's description

See linked document (SL020-129----_01.pdf) with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989)

Attached photos:
SL020-129----_01.JPG Central chamber protruding from heather-covered cairn
SL020-129----_02.JPG Central chamber protruding from heather-covered cairn
SL020-129----_03.JPG Tomb chamber

Date of upload: 9 January 2012

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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