Druids Altar in Cleggan, court tomb in County Galway

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On N shore of Cleggan Bay. The remains of this tomb consist of a gallery aligned ESE-WNW. The front, E portion appears incomplete. The orthostats running E of the pair of transversely set jambs could be interpreted as chamber sidestones or as defining a narrow asymmetrical court. The gallery to W of these is divided into two chambers by a septal stone and jamb. The innermost W chamber is distinctly narrower and of lighter construction than the rest of the monument. A large roofstone covers the adjoining E chamber and a long stone, probably a displaced lintel, lies in this chamber immediately W of the jambs. The remains of the mound survive on S side of the monument. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 5-7) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA022-014

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