Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
Broomfields, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Broomfields
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cromlech
- Coordinates
- 53.02797, -6.62552
- SMR number
- WI015-061----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Situated on a very gentle SW-facing slope with the entrance facing SW, and incorporated into the field boundary. The tomb consists of a gable-shaped backstone (H 1.9m; Wth 1.8m) and a single upright portal (H 2m; Wth 1.3m), forming a small chamber (dims. c. 1.9m x 1.4m). The other portal and the capstone (L 3.5m; Wth 2.3m; max. T 1.6m) have fallen forward. There is no trace of a cairn. (Walshe 1931, 125-6)
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. 107/1940).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.