Savagetown

Nearest town:
Tramore (9km E)
OS reference:
S474025
OS sheets:
75, 82
Latitude:
52° 10' 20.73 N
Longitude:
7° 18' 25.51 W
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Image of Savagetown (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

The capstone rests on a portal stone and whatever else is back there. The tomb is not visible on the other side of the bank/fence.

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ryaner Aug 15, 2018
Image of Savagetown (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

There is quite a portal tomb in there somewhere.

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ryaner
ryaner Aug 15, 2018
Image of Savagetown (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

The first glimpse as you approach from the west is not very promising.

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ryaner Aug 15, 2018

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Savagetown
Portal Tomb
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From archaeology.ie:

Description: Located on a shelf on a gentle W-facing slope, and facing E (upslope). The roofstone (L 3.4m; T 0.6m) is resting on a portal-stone and the S sidestone. The backstone is present but the rest of the tomb is obscured by a field bank. (Ó Nualláin 1983, 103)

The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

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