Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
Brittas (arklow By.), County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brittas (arklow By.)
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.90120, -6.07203
- SMR number
- WI036-008----
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a marked NE-facing slope overlooking Potters River. The tomb consists of two portal stones, a backstone which leans markedly inwards and a displaced roofstone resting against the N portal-stone and backstone. A slab between the portals may be a displaced doorstone. The chamber faces uphill to the W. The monument is densely overgrown and field clearance has been piled up around its base. Some flint is visible on the S edge of the field. (Price 1934, 32-3, 37; Tuomey 1854-5, 187-9)
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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.