Calliagh Virras Ho.

The wedge-tomb is incorporated in a field wall which abuts it at E and W. It consists of a gallery, 5.5m in overall length and averaging about 1.1m wide, orientated E-W. The N side of the gallery is represented by five stones and the S side by six stones with the more westerly of these set in advance of the septal stone. Du Noyer's sketch of the tomb (1866; see attached) shows a stone lying in a sloping position immediately E of the gallery. This is probably a fallen S sidestone; no trace of it survives. The gallery which is covered by four roofstones, decreases in height from W to E. Outer walling is represented at the N by one stone and at the S by four stones. Eight low buttress stones, set at right angles to the gallery wall, are exposed along the S side. A tree growing at the E end of the gallery fell over around the year 2000 and in the process dislodged the E sidestone which is now almost prostrate. The corresponding roofstones above it likewise have been displaced (local information). (Buckley and Sweetman 1991, no. 53) See the attached plan by Du Noyer (1866) _1; and a view from WSW _2 Revised by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 30 September 2013

Wedge tomb, dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BCE). Its construction and orientation are typical of the later megalithic tradition in Ireland, reflecting changes in funerary practice and social organisation.