Megaliths of Seefin
The megaliths of Seefin ( Irish Suí Finn ) are located near Craughwell in the east of County Galway in Ireland .
The structureless north-west-south-east oriented cairn is marked on the Ordnance Survey map (OS map) as "Mound" and on the historical map as "Druid's Altar". It is located in the undergrowth on the southern slope of Seefin Hill and consists of a large round stone 2.5 m long, 1.8 m wide and 0.8 m thick, which is on the northeast side by two slender stones and on the southwest side by triangular stones is supported. There are traces of a formerly covering cairn , especially on the southeast and northeast sides . The north-west of the grave is built into a field boundary. According to William Copeland Borlase (1848–1899), the type of monument is uncertain and does not justify inclusion in the main list. The description could refer to a large stone box .
The much better known Neolithic Tomb of Seefin is located in the Wicklow Mountains National Park , in County Wicklow .
See also
literature
- Peter Harbison : Pre-christian Ireland - From the first Settlers to the early Celts . London 1988, p. 259, ISBN 0-500-27809-1 .
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Coordinates: 53 ° 11 '49 " N , 8 ° 41' 36.5" W.