Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Ballygunnertemple, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygunnertemple
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Druids Altar
- Latest-edition OS map
- Dolmen
- Coordinates
- 52.23409, -7.04350
- SMR number
- WA018-004----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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 woodland on a slight N-facing slope. Two parallel stones oriented E-W and a displaced lintel form a rough cist (dims. c 1.8m x c. 1.7m), while 3m to the SW two stones form the adjacent sides of a second cist (dims. c. 1.5m x 0.7m). A mound (WA018-004002-) is adjacent to the SE. (Atkins 1896, 1234)
Atkins, R. (1896) The rude stone monuments of our own and other lands. WAJ. Vol. 2, 131-61.
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: 08 February 2011
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.