Megalith

Marked only on the 1945 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as ‘Megalith’. It is located in low-lying pasture on the floor of Glencar valley with a SE-NW section of the Shanvaus River c. 60m to the SW. A cairn (diam. c. 15m) was disturbed c. 1912 during road-building when human bones were found in a lintelled chamber defined by 5 to 7 stones (National Museum of Ireland file). It was described as two adjacent parallel stones (L 1.95m; L 1.65m) protruding from a small cairn (diam. c. 5m) (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 83), but it is no longer visible at ground level. 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