Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - unclassified
Chaffpool, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Chaffpool
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- SL038-134----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Wood-Martin (1887-8, 268-9) noted 'near Chaffpool (the residence of Captain J. W. Armstrong, R.N.), are two megaliths [see SL038-131----], still observable'. Also noted in 1836 as a 'Giant's Cave or Grave' (OSNB, vol. 1, 19). Exact locations are not known but the monuments may have been destroyed due to extensive limestone quarrying N of the ruins of Chaffpool House.
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: 11 August 2010