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Megalithic tomb - portal tomb

Gurteen Lower, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - portal tomb, Gurteen Lower, County Waterford, 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
Gurteen Lower
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Cromlech
Latest-edition OS map
Dolmen
Coordinates
52.35830, -7.61420
SMR number
WA002-005----

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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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated in woodland on the floodplain of the River Suir. A portal tomb is oriented E-W and constructed of sandstone boulders. The rectangular capstone has slipped off the portal-stones, and the S sidestone is displaced and now lies across the septal-stone, while the S portal-stone has fallen forward. The N portal-stone (H 2.2m) and the N sidestone (H 1.7m) are undisturbed. (Borlase 1897, vol. 1, 56; Ó Nualláin 1983, 102)

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008

References

Ó Nualláin, S. 1983 Irish portal tombs, topography, siting and distribution. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 113, 75-105.

Borlase, W.C. 1897 The Dolmens of Ireland, 3 vols. London. Chapman and Hall.

Nearby in the register

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

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