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Portal tomb in Knockanyconor

Portal tomb
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On a low-lying undulating karst landscape. A circular roofstone (diam. 2.2-3m; T 0.8m) is supported at E by two portal stones (N stone: 1m x 0.5m; H 1.65m; S stone: 1m x 0.7m; H 1.4m) but the base of the roofstone rests on the ground at W. Just to the W is a megalithic cist (RO045-053002-) (dims c. 2m E-W; c. 1m N-S) consisting of a rectangular roofstone (dims 2.5m E-W; 1.8m N-S; T 0.7m) resting on at least four boulders (dims c. 0.5m x 0.5m; H 0.5m). Barrow (RO045-054---) is c. 40m to the SW. (English 1969, 2) See the attached view (003) from the SE Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 See attached document with a plan a sections of the monument.

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