What is recorded here
Situated near the top of a ridge. This small chamber, 1.2m long and not more than 0.8mwide, is entered from the N. The entrance was formed by two portal-stones with a sill, 0.6m high, between them. The W portal-stone is 1.3m high and the other, now prostrate, would have been of similar height. Single stones form the sides and back of the chamber. All three are about 0.5m lower than the portal-stone. The backstone is gable-shaped and leans inwards. A displaced roofstone lies prostrate to the E of the chamber. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 133, No. 35)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).
Situated near the top of a ridge. This small chamber, 1.2m long and not more than 0.8mwide, is entered from the N. The entrance was formed by two portal-stones with a sill, 0.6m high, between them. The W portal-stone is 1.3m high and the other, now prostrate, would have been of similar height. Single stones form the sides and back of the chamber. All three are about 0.5m lower than the portal-stone. The backstone…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV032-004
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