Indicated — Leana

On a gentle NW-facing slope in semi-karst rough pastureland and within an extensive field system (CL010-064001-). Described by de Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 48) as a very poorly preserved, SW-NE orientated wedge tomb (est. L min. 2.95m; Wth at W c. 1.2m, narrowing to est. 0.95m) embedded in a mound of which semicircular traces (c. 4m N-S; c. 2.7m E-W) were still present around the W side. The surviving fragments of the tomb chamber included the S sidestone which was still in its original position, as well as two flat-lying slabs. The S sidestone (L 2.95m; H 1.15m at W, sloping to 0.9m at E; T 0.25m) leaned heavily to the N, but retained its straight top edge which was dressed along the inside. To the S of its W end was a small, similarly E-W orientated stone (L 0.65m; T 0.1m) set on edge but embedded in the ground so that its top was flush with the ground surface. De Valera and Ó Nualláin (ibid.) suggested that this may be a packing-stone or part of an outer-walling. Two larger flat-lying slabs (one on the other) were found to the N of the sidestone. Like Westropp (1905, 216), de Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 48) concluded that the upper slab (L 2.9m; Wth 1.9m; T 0.25m) was the fallen capstone, while the prostrate slab under it (L 3.25m; Wth 1.4m at W, narrowing to 1.1m at E) was suggested to be the N sidestone, with its N side having been the slab’s top edge when erect. The position of this fallen N sidestone suggested to de Valera and Ó Nualláin (ibid.) that the tomb was broader at the W. An inspection of the tomb in 1998 found it unaltered in the interim, although the small packing-stone/ outer wall stone was not noted. There are a large number of wedge tombs and other prehistoric remains in the vicinity (see Jones 2008), with several wedge tombs very close by: one (CL017-015005-) c. 73m to the S; another (CL017-015004-) c. 130m to the SW; and another (CL017-015006-) c. 154m to the WSW. There is also a megalithic structure (CL017-015001-) c. 122m to the S, and a cairn (CL017-015003-) c. 170m to the SSW. The following item has been uploaded: CL010-092----_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: 24 May 2023