What is recorded here
In a plantation of coniferous trees. There is now no evident surface trace of the 'second overturned dolmen' mentioned by T.F. Riley in his report on the excavation of a 'dolmen' in 1935 (NMI). The site is located on an accompanying sketch map 50m E of the excavated 'dolmen' (LI017-032---). According to local information the two structures were removed when trees were planted here in the 1970s.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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