What is recorded here

Garvagh Lough watches the court tomb from two hundred metres north, while rocky soil and forgotten hands hold a polygonal chamber open at the west end of its cairn. Two newly visible stones suggest another chamber beside the first, as if the dead refused to occupy only one room. The lough gives the place its name and the tomb gives the lough a reason to be remembered.

Situated about 230m S of Garvagh Lough on poor, rocky land. A polygonal chamber stands at the W end of an overgrown cairn. It measures 3.4m long by 2.5m in maximum width. The opposed stones at its open NE end function as imbricated segmenting jambs. In front of the polygonal chamber two orthostats represent the NW side of a second chamber, 3m long. These have become visible in recent years and are not on the published plan of the site (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972). Towards the NE a number of large slabs rise from the surface of the cairn. Their relationship to the gallery is unclear. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 112, No. 11) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).

Court tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3700–2500 BCE). This type of tomb is significant as an early communal burial monument, reflecting the social and ritual practices of prehistoric communities in the region.

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