What is recorded here

Half of Leaba Nora has surrendered to the soil, but the western chamber still holds its shape beneath the pasture. Three massive boulders and one smaller stone form a narrow passage ending at a backstone now buried under a modern field wall. The mound sits on a low ridge beside an old house site, waiting for someone to notice what the grass has hidden.

On the crest of a low ridge in pastureland. Known locally as ‘Leaba Nora’ (McCaffrey 1952, 10, 233), this much-denuded and poorly preserved mound (12.2m E-W; 9.4m N-S; H 1.4m at W; 0.3m at E) is overlain at S by a NE-SW running field wall. It may have extended into the field to the S but that field has been reclaimed and no visible surface trace is evident. The E half of the mound is very denuded and low; one possible outer revetting stone projects from the sod cover at NE. The W half is better preserved because the side stones of the W side of a N-S running passage through the centre of the mound revet it. The passage is defined by three very large boulders and one small one, all roughly dressed. It ends at a backstone at S. The modern field wall runs over this stone. There is no trace of the corresponding E side of the passage. A house site (GA104-153----) lies c. 35m to the NE. (McCaffrey 1956, 190; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 190) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 13 November 2019

Cist graves, likely dating to the Early Christian or medieval period, associated with a low, denuded burial mound. The site, known locally as *Leaba Nora*, may reflect early Christian or folkloric traditions in the Dunkellin area.

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.