What is recorded here
Situated in a slight col on top of an ENE-WSW drumlin ridge with slightly higher ground to the E and WSW. This is a court-tomb comprising a long cairn (L 30m; max. Wth 9m) aligned WNW-ESE. Incorporated in the cairn 15m from the W end are the remains of a gallery (L c. 9m; Wth 1.2m) divided into two chambers by segmenting jambs. Entry jambs at the W are doubled; the front pair are exceptionally large and well matched. The easternmost stone in the gallery, partly set inside the line of the chamber, may indicate further segmentation. Three kerb stones survive N of the gallery.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 July 2007
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