Dolmens Are a Girls Best Friend

'Seahan IV' : Passage Tomb

TownlandSeahan
CountyDublin
Grid RefO 082 197
GPSO 08168 19728 (5m)
Longitude6° 22' 49.81" W
Latitude53° 13' 1.09" N
Nearest TownTallaght (7.6 Km)
OS Sheet56
UTM zone29U
UTM x674895.62785204
UTM y5899610.0542001

This is a subsite of:

Seahan Hill - Passage Tomb Cemetery
Hide map  (N.B. Google Maps & GPS readings are slightly out of sync - position is approximate)
Show inline map (by Google Maps)

Visit Notes

Saturday, 27th May 2006

At first I couldn't believe my eyes. Were those stones really arranged as I seemed to see them. Closer inspection showed me that they are indeed! What I was seeing was the outline of a small undifferentiated passage tomb. Parallel rows of upright stones then a low stone set at 90 degrees (a sill stone) then the rows continuing but getting wider.

As far as I can tell, I'd just discovered an unrecorded passage tomb! It isn't very big, but then any of the orbital passage tombs at Knowth are tiny structures, so I see no problem with this being a small outlying tomb to the main monuments here on Seahan. In fact, I'd say there must be more waiting to be found beneath the peat.

This brings the total on Seahan to four, not three as I had believed. I'm quite happy about that!

Click Thumbnail to View Full Size Image

Click To View Large Image_Click To View Large Image_

All Sites Visited On 27th May 2006    « Previous Site

Have you visited This Monument?

If so, give it a rating for others to see
Your Name
Where are you from?
Rating

Random Gazetteer

A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments

Click To View Large Image
6 Km (SSW) there is a Standing Stone at Athdown (Co. Wicklow).
3.4 Km (NE) there is a Cairn at Piperstown.
5.1 Km (NE) there is a Passage Tomb at Hell Fire Club known as Montpelier.
3 Km (NNW) there is a Barrow at Belgard Deer Park.
6.6 Km (NW) there is a Barrow at Lugg.

A Selection of Other Passage Tombs

AddThis Social Bookmark Button Valid CSS Valid HTML
Top of page | Feedback | About this site
© Copyright Tom FourWinds 2001-2008