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On a low ridge in pasture c. 20m to W of a rath (SL033-044----). In 1836 this feature is referred to as a 'Giant's Grave' (OSNB, vol. 1, 395) but no details of the site are provided. There are three stones at the site. To the N there is an upright stone (L 0.95m N-S; Wth 0.6m E-W; H 1.4m). The second stone (1.6m x 1.1m; T 0.3m) lies prostrate 1.7m to the S and the third example (2.5m x 0.8m; T 0.55m), also prostrate, is a further 2.3m in the same direction. While it is possible that the stones at the site are the last remains of a megalithic tomb, other interpretations are possible, e.g. a stone row, and so its nature must remain uncertain.
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
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