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Megalithic tomb - court tomb

Aghaderrard Court Tomb

Tuama Cúirte Achadh an Doire Aird

Court cairn in County Leitrim, Ireland.

  • AccessNot confirmed
  • National MonumentIn State care
  • DateNot stated
  • FolkloreNone recorded
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Aghaderrard West, Co. Leitrim54.43490, -8.23897
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At a glance

  • TypeMegalithic tomb - court tomb
  • Recorded sizedims 4m E-W; 1.25m N-S
  • Condition (as surveyed)Ruined
  • StatusNational Monument

What to look for

  • Gallery
  • Court
  • Cairn
  • Orthostats

Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.

Can you visit?

  • No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
  • Ask the landowner before crossing fields, close gates, leave the stones as you find them.Visiting responsibly
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History and description

Situated on a low hillock, which is on a N-facing slope overlooking Lough Melvin. This is an overgrown roofless gallery (dims 4m E-W; 1.25m N-S) with displaced lintels and orthostats to the N representing the N portion of an E-facing court.

Full archaeological record 70 words

Situated on a low hillock, which is on a N-facing slope overlooking Lough Melvin. This is an overgrown roofless gallery (dims 4m E-W; 1.25m N-S) with displaced lintels and orthostats to the N representing the N portion of an E-facing court. There are slight traces of a cairn to the N and W. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 38-9)

This is a National Monument in state ownership: No. 477

References

  • See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).

Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 23 September 2008 · Based on the The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.

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