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On a slight rise on the floor of a NW-SE valley at the bottom of the S-facing slope of Rathcroghan ridge. Two orthostats indicate the S wall of an E-W gallery (L c. 2.7m), while a third forms the jamb at W. Two other stones to the W may be a further chamber of the gallery. (Knox 1914a, 37-8; de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 35; Herity 1983, 131, Glenballythomas 23; Waddell 1983, 33, No. 17)
This is a National Monument in state ownership: No. 473
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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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