Portal tomb in Birrinagh

On thin-soiled, level land, 90m to the SE of a stream. A small chamber (L 1.5m) lacks sidestones. Two portal-stones (H of both 1.8m) flank a doorstone (H 1.5m) at the E. A backstone (H 1.3m) is 1.5m W of the doorstone. A displaced roofstone (L 2m; Wth 1.55m; T 0.2m-0.4m) leans against the N side of the structure. According to a local claim, a sidestone at the S and what might have been a subsidiary roofstone were removed in the 1960s. A low mound encircles the site but this is largely, if not entirely, of recent origin. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 119) Compiled by: Eamon Cody Date of upload: 22 November 2012 See linked document with plan and sections.

Portal tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 4000–2500 BCE). It represents an early form of megalithic funerary architecture, significant for understanding prehistoric burial practices and social organisation in the region.