Wedge tomb in Cregavockoge,baur North

On a low ridge in an area of grass and scrub cover on a plateau, with land sloping gently to E. Westropp (1899, 370) recorded marks of fire on this monument. Described by de Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 20) as an E–W orientated wedge tomb (L c. 5m; Wth at rear 1.75m; Wth at front 2.5m; H at rear 1.35m; H at front c. 1.6m) in the centre of a grass-covered mound (c. 12m E–W; c. 9m N–S; est. H c. 1.5m). The sides of the chamber were each formed by a single limestone slab (L 5-5.15m; H 1.35-1.4m; T 0.25m) with flat dressed upper edges sloping up to the W. The S sidestone (L 5m; H 1.35m; T 0.25m) was mostly intact. The E portion of the N sidestone (L 2.3m; H 1.3–1.35m; T 0.25m) was still standing; the W portion (L 2.75m; Wth 1.4m) was broken and lay prone to the N. The back of the chamber was closed by two low slabs (N stone: L 0.75m; H 0.3m; T 0.15m; S stone: L 0.9m; H 0.25m; T 0.2m) standing on edge. These may be the remains of a single slab, of which a possible fragment (L 1.5m; T 0.2m) lay to the E. A collapsed capstone (3.45m E–W; 1.75m N–S) rested against the internal side of the N sidestone and two more slabs (W fragment: L 2.3m; E fragment: L 1.6m) lying on the capstone may have been part of it. Two smaller slabs (L 0.7m; H 0.3-0.4m; T 0.12-0.15m) stood upright W of the N and S sidestones. They were set perpendicular to the line of the chamber and may have emphasised the entrance. A field wall, marking the townland boundary between Baur North and Cregavockoge, runs N–S over the W end of the tomb chamber. An inspection in 1998 found the wedge tomb unaltered in the interim (SMR file). A cist (CL009-019002-) lies c. 24m to the NE. The following item has been uploaded: CL009-019----_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 and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 2 November 2021