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Megalithic tomb - passage tomb

Tornant Upper

Passage grave in County Wicklow, Ireland.

  • AccessNot confirmed
  • National MonumentNot recorded
  • DateNot stated
  • Folklore1 quote
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Tornant Upper, Co. Wicklow53.04304, -6.69669
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At a glance

  • TypeMegalithic tomb - passage tomb
  • Recorded sizediameter 18.6m; H 1.6m

Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.

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  • No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
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History and description

National Monument in state ownership No. 531. Situated on the NE edge of a ridge (running E-W) with extensive views over the surrounding undulating terrain.

Full archaeological record 87 words

National Monument in state ownership No. 531. Situated on the NE edge of a ridge (running E-W) with extensive views over the surrounding undulating terrain. Circular mound (diam. 18.6m; H 1.6m) with a flat-bottomed, partly artificial gully immediately to the W, and a shallow fosse (Wth 1m; D 0.5m) at the SE. There is a hollow (diam. 1.5m; D 0.5m) at the top of the mound. A decorated stone, now in the NMI, is reputed to have come from this site. (Price 1953, 200; Shee-Twohig 1981, 225-6)

References

  • This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1958).

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.

Folklore and traditions

A decorated stone, now in the NMI, is reputed to have come from this site.
As recorded by the Archaeological Survey · a tradition, not a fact
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