What is recorded here

No visible chamber or roofstone remains at the Newmarket portal tomb, though two leaning portal stones and a displaced roofstone marked the site in 1983. The chamber once opened uphill toward the southwest on a level shoulder of a northeast-facing slope, a compact doorway large enough for people to approach but small enough to feel like a threshold rather than a room. That is what makes it striking: a tomb reduced to the edge of its own shape, waiting to be imagined complete.

On a level shoulder of a NE facing slope. In 1983 the monument consisted of two portal stones (max. H 2.1m and 1.6m) which leaned markedly to the SE and indicated a chamber opening uphill to the SW. A roofstone (dims. 2.55m x 2.25m; T 0.45m) stood on edge against the E portal. This side of the monument was incorporated in a low fence. This has since been reclaimed and the stones moved out of position. (Ó Nualláin 1983, 97, no. 1) Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 12 May 2021

Portal tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 4000–2500 BCE). Its leaning portal stones and orientation indicate a typical megalithic funerary structure associated with early communal burial practices in Ireland.

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