What is recorded here

No visible chamber exists beneath the tilted capstone, though the hidden depth and compact form match a true wedge tomb rather than a casual rock pile. The monument stands at the top of a west-facing slope in Rosslara, overlooking Maryfort Lough and Castle Lough, while a large oak presses its roots beside it and a thorn tree grows through its southern edge. It is not a completed chamber for living memory but a broken chamber for animal use, weather change and human imagination.

At the top of a W-facing slope, in pasture overlooking Maryfort Lough to SW and Castle Lough to S, with good views across an undulating landscape, although inhibited by forestry in foreground to W and N. Depicted and named ‘Cromlech’ on all OS historic mapping. A rectangular area (3.7m E-W; 2.2m N-S) defined by two in situ, prostrate orthostats to S and two opposing sidestones which have fallen flat, outwards along the W end of the N side. An in situ sidestone forms the E-end of the N side. Three quite steadfast, rounded boulders are located at the E end of the S side. The interior is raised (H 0.2m) above the external ground level. A narrow view of the other smaller stones is seen under the raised side of the capstone. The capstone (L 2.3m ESE-WNW; Wth 2.05m NNE-SSW; T 0.24m) has fallen downwards to N and is tilted with its N side just above (H 0.3m) external ground level and the S side tilted upwards covering the interior of the monument and much higher (H 1m) above external ground level. The two largest orthostats bearing the weight of the capstone on the N side, have fallen outwards and are lying flat under the displaced capstone in both cases. Other small earthfast boulders and rocks are located immediately around the monument to S, W and N. A field boundary (long axis N-S) and a large oak tree directly abut the monument to E and it is likely that the lateral roots penetrate the monument. A thorn tree grows out of the exterior of the monument at S. The following items have been uploaded: CL027-035----_01.pdf Details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961) CL027-035----_01.jpg From N. General view of megalithic structure. CL027-035----_02.jpg From W. General view of megalithic structure. CL027-035----_03.jpg From S. General view of megalithic structure. CL027-035----_04.jgp From SW. General context view of megalithic structure. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 11 December 2018

Wedge tomb, dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1500 BCE). Its location suggests it was part of a broader funerary and ritual landscape, possibly linked to other megalithic monuments in the region.

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