What is recorded here
Megalithic structure in Ballinascorney Upper is a square chamber, 1.2m by 1.2m, hidden beneath peat on Seahan Mountain. It sits southeast of the main cairn, overlooking the Liffey valley and distant passage tombs at Mountpelier. The chamber may have marked a boundary, a burial place, or a gathering point for people who read the land as clearly as we read a page.
Situated to SE of the summit of Seahan Mountain from which there are extensive views of the Liffey valley, and the passage tombs at Mountpelier. A megalithic structure is located SE of the main cairn (DU024:047001-) which crowns the summit. It is largely peat-covered and comprises a square chamber (1.2m by 1.2m) with some traces of kerbstones to the NW (Redmond and Mac Aonghusa 1994, 36).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 7 July 2018
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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CastleCastle, unclassified · 1.7 mi
Ballinascorney WoodForest · 1.8 mi
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Featherbed ForestForest · 2.6 mi
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