Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
Ballindud, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballindud
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cromlech
- Latest-edition OS map
- Dolmen
- Coordinates
- 52.22765, -7.11946
- SMR number
- WA017-016----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 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
Situated in rough pasture, on a gentle W-facing slope. A subcircular roofstone (dims. 4.3m x 3.8m; max. T 1m) is supported on one stone and facing SW. It is depicted in Ryland (1824, 299-300) as supported on a second portal-stone with a tall backstone. (Atkins 1896, 71; Borlase 1897, vol. 1, 62-3; Ó Nualláin 1983, 103)
Atkins, R. (1896) The rude stone monuments of our own and other lands. WAJ. Vol. 2, 131-61.
Borlase, W. C. (1897) The dolmens of Ireland. 3 vols. Chapman and Hall, London.
Ó Nualláin, S. (1983) Irish portal tombs: topography, siting and distribution. JRSAI 113, 102-03.
Ryland, Rev. R. H. (1824) The History, topography and antiquities of the county and city of Waterford. John Murray. London.
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: 23 December 2008
Revised by: Michael Moore
Revised on: 20 March 2013
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.