What is recorded here
Situated in a low-lying position in a N-S valley between drumlins. This is a well-preserved but overgrown two-chambered portal tomb (dims 3.7m E-W; 1.85m N-S) with the portals (max. H 1.4m) and sillstone at W. The front chamber (dims 2.3m E-W; 1.85-2.1m N-S) has single sidestones, but a low septal-stone separates it from the inner chamber (dims 1.4m E-W; 2.85m N-S) which has single sidestones and two backstones. There is no visible cairn or roofstone. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 79)
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).
Portal tomb, dating to the Neolithic period. Its two-chambered structure and preserved portal stones indicate a significant ceremonial or funerary site from one of the earliest periods of monument construction in Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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