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In an undulating landscape with rock outcrop. A low cairn (dims 33m ENE-WSW; c. 8m N-S) has a single chamber (dims 2.6m x c. 1.5m; H 1.2m) with a roofstone at the SW end, and the remains of a two-chambered gallery at the NE end. There are two subsidiary chambers in the cairn. (Lockwood 1901, 84-6; de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 45-6; Holly 1976, 122-5)
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 September 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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