What is recorded here
Situated in a low-lying position between drumlins with the N-S Cloone River c. 50m to the E. Three orhtostats and one displaced stone (max. dim. 0.9m) form a rough chamber which is overgrown and may be the remains of a tomb. An E stone (dims 1.6m x 0.5m; H 0.9m) is c. 2m from a W stone (dims 1.15m x 0.8m; H 1.25m). A third stone (dims 2.35m x 0.35m; H 0.8m) is 2m N of the W stone. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 86)
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Amended: 9 December, 2019
Portal dolmen; likely dates to the Neolithic period. Its partially preserved orthostats and chambered structure reflect early megalithic funerary traditions in the region.
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- What survives
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