Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
Glaskenny,onagh, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glaskenny,onagh
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cromlech
- Coordinates
- 53.17475, -6.21097
- SMR number
- WI007-033----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 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 on the SE-facing lower slopes of Knockree Hill, and incorporated into the townland and field boundary. The chamber (dims. 1.3m x 1.3m) faces uphill to the NW and consists of two tall portal stones, two sidestones and a broken doorstone which leans to the SE and rests on the backstone. The roofstone is displaced and rests against the N sidestone. A large block of stone lies between the portal-stones and may not be an original feature. Two low stones are set in front of the E portal-stone. (Powell 1941, 9-23; Price 1934, 36)
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
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 121/1940).
Nearby in the register
- Rock art (present location)under 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.