What is recorded here
Roadside, discovered 1976. Three rectangular, partially collapsed, chambers. Chambers 1 and 2 rock-cut to height 0.5m; remainder earth-cut. Chamber 3 totally rock-cut. Chamber 1: L 4.4m; Wth 1.4m; H 1.2m. Chamber 2: L 3.4m; Wth 1.1m; H 1.1m. Chamber 3: L 2.9m; Wth 1.15m; H 0.4m (McCarthy 1977, 223-4). No visible surface trace.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO144-037
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- Hywel Williams, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Ned Dwyer, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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