What is recorded here

Meadow turf and forgotten years have buried the wedge tomb, leaving only a flat platform and faint stone edges near Tievebaun Mountain. Its chamber is small enough to walk through, yet it faces west as if waiting for somebody returning from a long road. A court tomb lies twenty metres north, companionable rather than grand, suggesting this was a place where several lines of memory kept company. People may have come here at marriage, birth or loss, laying stones and leaving gifts behind. What is certain is that the ground still holds the shape of their attention.

Buried in turf on a flat platform at a NE foot of Tievebaun Mountain. A chamber (L 2.5m; Wth 1.15m) is separated from a W-facing portico (L 1.75m) by jamb stones and there are large slabs flanking the entrance. There is slight evidence of a cairn at SW. The court tomb (LE003-005---) is situated c. 20m to the N. (deValera and Ó Nuallain 1972, 51) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).

Wedge tomb, dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BCE). Its construction reflects a regional tradition in Atlantic Ireland, with architectural features indicating ceremonial or funerary use.

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