Giants Grave in Shasgar, court tomb in County Leitrim

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What is recorded here

On a shelf of rock at the N edge of a plateau with a cliff falling away immediately to the E. An oval cairn (dims 17m E-W; 12m N-S; max. H 2m) contains a single unsegmented roofless orthostatic chamber (dims 7m E-W; Wth 1.5m to 2.2m at W) with an entrance (Wth 0.75m) flanked by orthostats (H 0.9m) at W and traces of an oval court (dim. c. 8m E-W) at W. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 54-5) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). 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 LE004-011

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