What is recorded here
Mud and fire may have dressed the first dolmen, but rain stripped the vanity away, leaving bare bones for everyone to read. That is why the chamber still stands: not to impress, but to be seen. The dead stopped being secrets when the mound opened.
See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961)
Date of upload: 30 December 2011
Portal dolmen; likely dates to the Neolithic period. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of megalithic funerary practices in western Ireland.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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