Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Parkmore (Newcastle By.), County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Parkmore (Newcastle By.)
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Giants Grave
- Coordinates
- 53.00246, -6.19589
- SMR number
- WI024-007----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (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
Situated on a gentle N-facing slope 130m NNW of a cairn (WI024-006----). Two substantial standing stones (NW stone - H 1.07m; Wth 0.6m; T 0.66m; SE stone - H 1.4m; Wth 0.9m; T 0.8m) stand 7.8m apart at either end of a mound of earth and large stones (dims. 10.3m NNW-SSE x 4m NNE-SSW; H 0.3-0.7m). (Price 1967, 510)
Described by Price (1934, 40-1) as ‘the monument in the townland of Parkmore, which is called "Giant's Grave" on the Ordnance map, consists of two pillar-stones standing 26 feet [7.9m] apart. The taller of the two is 5 feet 3 inches [1.6m] high, and its greatest width is 3 feet [0.9m]; the other stands to the W.N.W. of it, and is 4 feet 3 inches high [1.3m], and about 2 feet [0.6m] square. I know of no tradition concerning this monument’.
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.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload/revision: 16 November 2012
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 145/1940).
References
Price, L. 1934 The ages of stone and bronze in Co. Wicklow, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 42C, 31-64.
Price, L. 1967 The place-names of Co. Wicklow. VII - The baronies of Newcastle and Arklow. The Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies (382-532).
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.