
What is recorded here
Situate in a clearing on Saggart Hill. A passage tomb comprises of a flat-topped cairn (diam.24m; H 1m). It may be the denuded remains of a passage grave and lies c. 300m ESE of passage tomb (DU024-034----). (Price 1940, 123; Healy 1975, 1-19)
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 7 July 2018
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 153/1940).
Neolithic passage tomb, dating to approximately 3500–2500 BCE. Its location near another known passage tomb suggests it may have been part of a broader ritual landscape.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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