What is recorded here
Situated on a low hillock, which is on a N-facing slope overlooking Lough Melvin. This is an overgrown roofless gallery (dims 4m E-W; 1.25m N-S) with displaced lintels and orthostats to the N representing the N portion of an E-facing court. There are slight traces of a cairn to the N and W. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 38-9)
This is a National Monument in state ownership: No. 477
See the attached view from the NE
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.
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).
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