Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
Matthewstown, County Waterford, Ireland
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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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
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
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