Seefin Passage Tomb

Seefin Passage Tomb is an empty passage grave and National Monument located atop Seefin Hill, County Wicklow, Ireland.[2]

Seefin Passage Tomb
Native name
Irish: Tuama Pasáiste Shuí Finn
Location in Ireland##Location relative to County Dublin
TypePassage grave
LocationScurlocksleap, Blessington,
County Wicklow, Ireland
Coordinates53.186267°N 6.394809°W / 53.186267; -6.394809
AreaWicklow Mountains
Elevation621 m (2,037 ft)
Height3 m (9.8 ft)
Builtc. 3300 BC
Seefin Passage Tomb is located in Ireland
Seefin Passage Tomb
Location of Seefin Passage Tomb in Ireland
Seefin Passage Tomb is located in County Dublin
Seefin Passage Tomb
Seefin Passage Tomb (County Dublin)
Official nameSeefin
Reference no.317[1]

Location

Seefin Passage Tomb is located atop Seefin in the Wicklow Mountains, just south of Kilbride Army Camp. Nearby Seefingan and Seahan mountains also have cairns atop them.[3]

History

The tomb was built circa 3300 BC, during Ireland's Neolithic. It was excavated by R. A. Stewart Macalister in 1931, but no artefacts or human remains were found, suggesting that no-one was ever buried there, or that the remains were later removed.[4]

Description

The tomb is a stone cairn, 24 m (79 ft) in diameter and 3 m (9.8 ft) high. There are large kerb stones around the base of the tomb and the tomb has a passageway 7 m (23 ft) long which opens into a chamber with five compartments. There are some carved decorations in lozenge shape, carved lines and quartz.[4][5]

  • Carved cross inside Seefin tomb
    Carved cross inside Seefin tomb
  • Entrance doorway
    Entrance doorway
  • View from chamber looking outward
    View from chamber looking outward
  • View from above
    View from above

References

Media related to Seefin Passage Tomb at Wikimedia Commons

  1. "National Monuments of County Wicklow in State Care" (PDF). heritageireland.ie. National Monument Service. p. 3. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  2. "Time Travel Ireland: Seefin Passage Tomb, County Wicklow".
  3. Jackman, Neil (20 July 2013). "Hidden Ireland: The mystery of the 5,000-year-old empty tomb on top of a Wicklow mountain". The Journal. Ireland. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  4. "Seefin Passage Tomb, Sunday 21st April 2013".
  5. "County Wicklow - selected monuments".
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