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On a belt of flat limestone cragland, some 700m NE of a wedge-tomb (GA122-019----). This tomb consists of a cairn L 22m; Wth c. 9m), aligned NNE-SSW, incorporating towards its N end a well-preserved chamber formed of two tall portal-stones, two narrow sidestones and a large backstone; the whole is covered by a large roofstone. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 300; de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 20-1; Weir 1980, 149)
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: 16 August 2019
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