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Druids Altar — Drumhawnagh

Portal tomb
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Situated close to the roadside in rolling grassland. This well-preserved polygonal chamber is formed by two portal-stones, two sidestones and a backstone, covered by a single roofstone. It is 2.3m long and 2m wide inside the portal-stones, narrowing to 1.1m at the backstone. The portal-stones, at the NNW, stand 0.75m apart and both are 1.55m high. Both sidestones lean inwards against the portal-stones and backstone. The inward-leaning backstone is 1.25m high. The roofstone measures 1.9m by 1.8m by 0.2m thick. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 131, No. 32) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 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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