What is recorded here

Megalith is a burial cairn in County Leitrim, Ireland. It stands on a south-facing slope above the Bonet River valley, holding a polygonal cist beneath a large roofstone. Field walls now cross the grass-covered mound, marking how living people have repeatedly walked through and claimed the dead.

Situated at the top of a S-facing slope and overlooking the NE-SW Bonet River valley to the W. A polygonal orthostatic cist (LE011-035002-) with a large roofstone is at the centre of a grass-covered subcircular cairn (dims 15m NW-SE; 11m NE-SW; H 0.6m at NW to 1.8m at SE) with some visible kerbstones, especially W-N. The cairn is overlain by field walls. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 84) 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

A polygonal orthostatic cist with a large roofstone, dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age, is located at the centre of a subcircular cairn, indicating a funerary or ritual significance typical of megalithic traditions in Ireland.

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