Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Lathaleere, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lathaleere
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cromlech
- Coordinates
- 52.93577, -6.69781
- SMR number
- WI027-047----
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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 the SW end of a level ridge overlooking the River Slaney to the SW. Described by Price (1934, 35-6) as an oblong mound (dims. 6.1m x 4m; H 0.6m) with a granite boulder at either end. There was a large prostrate slab (L 1.9m) with a small upright beside the SW edge in the centre of the mound. The monument was destroyed c. 1979-80 and a group of large boulders and a slab (L 2.67m; Wth 2.04m) beside the field boundary 40m SE of the site may be the dismantled remnants.
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. 138/1940).
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Font (present location)under 1 mi
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.