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Giants Grave in Carrowmurray

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In rolling pasture. A pair of opposed orthostats at the SW and another pair some 4m to the NE represent a ruined gallery (L at least 6m; Wth 2.2m at SW, 1.55m at NE). A displaced roofstone lies between the two pairs of orthostats and there is a shattered roofstone at the NE end of the structure. An outer-wall stone…

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In rolling pasture. A pair of opposed orthostats at the SW and another pair some 4m to the NE represent a ruined gallery (L at least 6m; Wth 2.2m at SW, 1.55m at NE). A displaced roofstone lies between the two pairs of orthostats and there is a shattered roofstone at the NE end of the structure. An outer-wall stone stands 1m outside the more northerly of the two opposed orthostats at the SW. Immediately SW of the structure there is a field fence and beyond this there is an orthostat set transversely to the main axis of the gallery. This stone might be part of a facade and if so indicates an original gallery length of some 11m. Just 1m E of this orthostat there is a prostrate stone. There are no traces of mound around the structure but there are a number of loose slabs scattered at the site. An enclosure (SL025-093----) lies c. 50m to N. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 58, no. 92) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989)

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL025-094

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