What is recorded here
Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 341) refers to a mound, to S of ringfort (LA028-057003-), which was circular, '40 ft. in diameter (c. 12m) and 9 ft. high (c. 2.7m)'. It was levelled around 1850, and was found to contain a large quantity of human bones.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
A Neolithic passage tomb; partially excavated in the 19th century, it is significant as an example of early megalithic funerary architecture in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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