What is recorded here

Half buried in a field bank in County Leitrim, two portal stones and a slipped roof still mark the grave of a giant no one has named. The chamber faces west, waiting for darkness to fill its narrow room while the land around it remains stubbornly ordinary.

Situated on a slight rise in a low-lying landscape. Two portal-stones, a sillstone, and two sidestones form a rectangular chamber (int. dims 2.4m x 1.95m; H 2.15m) facing W which is incorporated into a NE-SW field bank. The S sidestone has fallen inwards and the single roofstone (dims 2.2m x 1.8m; T 0.3m) has slipped to the SE. The stones are situated on a low platform (diam. 40m; H 1m), although no cairn material can be seen. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 70-71) 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. Date of upload: 23 September 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).

Portal dolmen; likely constructed during the Early to Middle Neolithic period (c. 3700–2500 BC). Its orientation and construction reflect typical megalithic funerary practices in the Irish landscape.

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