What is recorded here
Marked on the 1837 and 1914 eds. of the OS 6-inch map with houses c. 100-140m to the N and NE. Built into a modern field-wall on the steep NE-facing slopes of Sheegorey Mountain with a silted-up drain to the E. Circular drystone-built chamber (int. diam. 1.3m; H 1.4m) with a corbelled roof entered by a low, lintelled passage (L 0.66m; Wth 0.43m; H 0.43m) at E and contained within a circular mound (diam. of base 3m; H 1-2m).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
A local holy well or ritual site; wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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