Seefin Passage Tomb
Photo: Joe King · CC BY-SA 3.0
Megalithic tomb - passage tomb

Seefin Passage Tomb

Tuama Pasáiste Shuí Finn

Passage grave in Ireland.

  • AccessNot confirmed
  • National MonumentIn State care
  • DateNot stated
  • FolkloreNone recorded
  • PhotoWikimedia Commons
Scurlocksleap, Co. Wicklow53.18625, -6.39482
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At a glance

  • TypeMegalithic tomb - passage tomb
  • Recorded sizediameter 24-6m; H 3m
  • StatusNational Monument

What to look for

  • Cairn
  • Kerb
  • Passage

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

National Monument in state guardianship No. 317. Situated on the summit of Seefin Mountain.

Full archaeological record 125 words

National Monument in state guardianship No. 317. Situated on the summit of Seefin Mountain. A circular cairn (diam. 24-6m; H 3m) defined by a contiguous kerb of large boulders partly removed at the E and W, covering a narrow lintelled passage (L 11m). The passage is orientated NE-SW, and opens into a rectangular corbelled chamber (dims. 4m x 1.5m) off which there are five recesses (two at each side and one at the end). Only the end and adjoining recesses are visible; the rest are buried under the collapsed cairn. There are two sidestones in the passage decorated with passage tomb art. Excavated in 1931 (Macalister 1932), it produced no evidence of burials or finds. (Herity 1974, 258; Rynne 1963, 85-6; Shee Twohig 1981, 222-3)

Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 17 December 2008 · Based on the Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.

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