Wedge tomb in Caherbullog

Situated inconspicuously on karst, in dense hazel scrub, on a valley floor E of Slieve Elva. A 3.2m high bench of rock rises 6m to the W and higher ground also rises to the N and E. A very overgrown wedge tomb. On inspection in 1997, it was not possible to photograph. It was overgrown but more easily recorded when surveyed by the Megalithic Survey (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1961, 2) and the following details are from that report. The wedge tomb consists of an erect N sidestone (L 4.6m; H at W 1.4m; H at E 1.3m; T 0.25-0.45m), a recumbent and partially covered S sidestone (L 4.4m; W 1.7m; T 0.25m), a collapsed, cracked, partially covered roofstone (L 4.5m; W 1.75m; T 0.3m) and a standing but outwardly leaning backstone (L 1.15m, H 0.75m, T 0.15m) with an irregular upper edge. There are two similarly sized upright stones (L 1.30; H 0.7m) set in a line within the chamber, an apparently displaced but upright stone (L 0.9m; H 0.6m) leaning against the S endstone and several other moss-covered stones strewn about. It is not clear whether the upright stones within the chamber are original. The chamber appears to have been c. 3.75m long and orientated SW; its width at front or back cannot be determined. The following has been uploaded: CL005-003----_01.pdf Details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961). Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Olive Alcock and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 28 September 2021