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On flat pastureland, c. 1.2km to the NW of Coole Lough. The megalithic tomb consists of a wedge-shaped chamber (L > 4.5m; Wth 2m at W narrowing to 1.2m at E), aligned NE-SW, which is incorporated in an oval mound. The chamber sides, each of one great slab, decrease in height from W to E and support a massive roofstone. Both ends of the tomb are blocked by modern drystone walls. Two closely set outer-wall stones are exposed beside the S sidestone. Some 2m to the SW of the chamber are two stones, which may be the remains of a flat façade. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 300; de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 19-20)
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).
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 19 August 2019
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