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Dermot & Grainnes Bed — Cloonfinnan

Portal tomb
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Located towards the top of the E-facing slope of a low drumlin. This is an overgrown rectangular chamber (dims c. 3m N-S; 1-1.3m E-W) consisting of two damaged portal-stones (H 1.2m; 1.7m) and a sillstone at S, with two sidestones, and a backstone which has fallen inwards. The roofstone (dims c. 2.8m x c. 1.9m; T 0.3-0.5m) rests on the portal-stones. There is no evidence of a cairn. (Borlase 1897, vol. 1, 195; de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 75-6) 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 Amended: 6 December, 2019 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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