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'Sheemore (south tomb)' : Passage Tomb

TownlandSheemore
CountyLeitrim
Grid RefG 991 048
GPSG 99097 04771 (5m)
Longitude8° 0' 49.57" W
Latitude53° 59' 31.72" N
Nearest TownLeitrim (3.3 Km)
OS Sheet33
UTM zone29U
UTM x564658.1734613
UTM y5983097.822133

This is a subsite of:

Sheemore - Sacred Hill
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 9th May 2004

The cairn material here is so spread out that it's hard to say if this was once round or not, but it gives the impression of being oval today on a NE/SW axis. Two or three large stones poke out through the rubble and, assuming that they are remotely near their original positions, seem to indicate that the passage pointed SW.

Several old field walls eminate from this cairn and are probably the reason for its denuded state. Like Sheemore (north tomb) (County Leitrim) this occupies a point very close to the eadge of the plateau.

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