Megalithic tomb - court tomb

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a hill-ridge and close to the wedge tomb in the same townland (50). The scant remains here are of a W-facing court tomb the gallery of which has been destroyed. Only the inner end of the court, consisting of an entrance flanked at S by three courtstones, now survives. The entrance consists of two well-matched jambs, 0.8m apart, at either side of a low sill. The northern jamb is split in two. The surviving structure stands at the western edge of a circular enclosure, 8.5m by 7.5m, formed by a low, grass-grown stony bank. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 109, No. 7)

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 22 December 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).