| Matthewstown Passage Tomb | |
| Native Name: | Leaba Thomáis Mhic Cába |
| Alternate Name: | Thomas McCabe's Bed |
| Map Type: | Ireland |
| Location: | Matthewstown, Fenor, County Waterford |
| Region: | Ireland |
| Coordinates: | 52.1759°N -7.2273°W |
| Type: | kistvaen |
| Part Of: | Scilly–Tramore group |
| Material: | stone |
| Built: | 2500–2000 BC |
| Epochs: | Neolithic |
| Public Access: | Yes |
| Designation1: | Irish National Monument |
| Designation1 Offname: | Matthewstown |
| Designation1 Number: | 237[1] |
Matthewstown Passage Tomb is a passage tomb situated in County Waterford, Ireland.
The tomb is located 1.6 km (1 mile) north of Fenor. Most of the surrounding countryside is visible, to the Comeragh Mountains.[2]
Matthewstown Passage Tomb dates to 2500–2000 BC. It is locally known as Thomas McCabe's Bed; this may have been the name of a local outlaw who supposedly spent a night here: cf. the many "Diarmuid and Gráinne's Beds"[3]
This is one of a group of small passage tombs in County Waterford with affinities to the tombs in Cornwall and the Scilly Isles, hence the name "Scilly-Tramore group," suggesting that the builders were seafarers from Cornwall.[4] [5] [6]
Matthewstown Passage Tomb is 4.5 m (fifteen feet) long and about 1.8 m (six feet) wide. There are two rows of five orthostats protruding above the ground to about 1 metre (three-and-a-half feet).[7] This grave was covered by four large stone slabs. [8] [5] [9]