Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Tawnamore, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tawnamore
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.17914, -8.95409
- SMR number
- SL023-001----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 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
The monument was originally surveyed in 1974 and a description, plan and photograph depublished in Ó Nualláin (1989, no. 85): see linked document with details from this publication. At some subsequent point the monument was damaged and the facade and some other stones removed. A dump of boulders c. 20m N of the tomb probably relates to this activity. Only the tops of the outer-walling and the backstone are visible above the peat surface.
See attached images. SL023-001----_01 and 02 were taken in September 1974. SL023-001----_01 was taken looking W and SL023-001----_02 was taken looking NW. SL023-001----_03 was taken in June 2013 looking NW and shows the current condition of the tomb.
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 25 June 2013
References
Ó Nualláin, S. 1989 Survey of the megalithic tombs of Ireland, vol. 5, Co. Sligo. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.