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Megalithic tomb - unclassified

Ballysadare, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - unclassified, Ballysadare, 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
Ballysadare
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Giants Grave (1838).
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.21217, -8.50379
SMR number
SL020-163----

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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

This feature, which is indicated only on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, was in an area of gently rolling lowland. It would appear to have been obliterated during railway construction in the 19th century. On the map it is indicated as a feature of oval outline (c. 27m x 15m) with its long axis aligned NE-SW. It is possible that this was some form of long mound or cairn and if so could have contained a court tomb or portal tomb. Wood-Martin (1887-8, 261-2; 1888, 199-200) refers to its destruction but apparently had no information as to its nature. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 97, no. 15)

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).

Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Nearby in the register

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

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