What is recorded here

Half a metre of sky remains where the roofstone split, a wound in the chamber ceiling that may have been opened by a single tree dragging its roots through peat and stone. The gallery stretches four metres into the dark, its walls leaning inward like the ribs of a buried animal, while the mound holds them fast against the hillside. Whatever lived here was large enough to break a giant slab, and the grave still breathes through the gap it made.

Situated in an open space in a plantation on the NW flank of Slieve Rushen. The gallery, 4m long, is slightly higher and wider at its open SW end. Two orthostats form the N side and three the S side. The backstone is set beyond the ends of the gallery sides. A massive slab, split in two, covers all but the SW end of the gallery. A tree rooted in peat on top of the roofstone may have caused the break. There are four outer wall stones to the N of the gallery and two lines of outer-walling, the inner of four stones and the outer of three, at the S. The structure is incorporated in a mound measuring 9m E-W and 7.5m N-S. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 114-5, No. 13) 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).

Neolithic passage tomb, dating to approximately 3500–2500 BCE. Its construction reflects early megalithic traditions in the region, with a gallery and orthostats indicating ceremonial or burial use.

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