Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
Lackan, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lackan
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.14794, -6.47330
- SMR number
- WI005-092----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated just S of the crest of the saddle between Lugnagun and Sorrel Hill. A circular cairn (diam. c. 9.5m) surrounded by a kerb of small boulders. The chamber is rectangular (dims. 1.2m x 0.75m; H 0.6m) and partly covered by a roofstone (dims. 1.8m x 1m; T 0.2m), with a possible recess opening off it. The remains of a short passage lead from the kerb to the chamber from the WSW side. (Herity 1974, 258)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.