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Megalithic tomb - passage tomb

Matthewstown, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic tomb - passage tomb, Matthewstown, 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
Matthewstown
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Leaba Thomáis Mhic Chába
Coordinates
52.17591, -7.22722
SMR number
WA026-003----

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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)
  • 1869 · 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)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located in pasture on the summit of a NE-SW ridge. This is a passage opening to the E. Only the W end of the passage survives (L 3.5m; Wth 1.6m) with five orthostats on each side supporting three roofstones, and a backstone. Four kerbstones at W may indicate a cairn (diam. c. 10m). Pottery that is probably of prehistoric date was found in a disturbed surface at its E end during 2009 (NMI file). (Atkins 1896, 132; Ó Nualláin and Walsh 1986, 25-6, 28; Harbison 1992b, 326)

Atkins, R. (1896) The rude stone monuments of our own and other lands. WAJ. Vol. 2, 131-61.
Harbison, P. (1992b) Guide to the national and historic monuments of Ireland. Gill and Macmillan Ltd., Dublin.
Ó Nualláin, S. and Walsh, P. (1986) A reconsideration of the Tramore passage tombs. PPS 52, 25-9.

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.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload/revision: 27 May 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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