
What is recorded here
Gravel wheels chewed through the hill and erased the dolmen, dragging ancient stones into roads and forgetting the dead who first occupied the ground.
Situated on the lower N slopes of Tibradden Mountain. A megalithic tomb shown on the 1906 revision of OS map as a small hachured mound bounded on the W and S by a hachured embankment. Noted on the Cassini 6" edition as 'Dolmen (site of)'. Removed in the course of gravel quarrying. Not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 8 July 2018
Portal dolmen; likely dates to the Neolithic period. Its location and early cartographic representation highlight its significance as a preserved megalithic monument in the Tibradden Mountain area.
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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