Giants Grave — Sessuecommon

On a platform of rocky pasture on a S-facing slope above the basin of the River Moy. The tomb is in a low mound of irregular outline (17m E-W; 8.5m N-S). A large rock at the E end of the mound seems to be an outcrop. An orthostat at the E end of the structure formed part of the S side of the entrance passage to the remains of a full court (L c. 6.5m) six stones of the N arm of which remain, one at the outer and five at the inner end. Two jambs mark the entrance to a chamber (L 3.8m; Wth 1.7m at its inner end) represented by three sidestones to the N and one to the S. There is a buttress-stone outside the inner of the three stones at the N and another outside the southern example. A pair of segmenting jambs at the inner end of the extant chamber shows that further gallery structure has been lost. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 59-60, no. 95) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008 See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989)