Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb

The National Monuments Service's description

'The site consists of the remains of a gallery, 5.8m long, which is flanked at either side by outer walling and some remains of a cairn. The southern side of the gallery is represented by three orthostats, though a gap between the western and central orthostats would suggest that a fourth stone was present originally. The heights of the stones W-E are 0.6m, 0.7m and 0.9m. The northern side of the gallery is represented by three orthostats, though a fourth would also appear to be missing from between the western and central stones. The western orthostat has split vertically and the two sections are now 0.2m apart at the top. The heights of the northern orthostats W-E are 0.85m, 0.5m and 0.6m. The eastern end of the gallery is partly closed by a backstone, which touches the eastern orthostat on the south side and is 0.45m high, 0.6m wide and 0.27m thick. A second backstone, which could complete the closure of the rear of the gallery, may be concealed under a grassy bump. The outer walling of the northern side is represented by two stones, 0.3m and 0.4m high, while the outer walling on the southern side is represented by one stone, just 0.15m high, though the surrounding cairn material probably masks its original height.

The poorly defined grass-covered mound which would appear to represent the cairn is up to 11.5m long and local information suggests tht the capstones were removed from the monument some years ago and used in the drainage of the cleared field immediately to the north.'

The above description was published in R. Sherlock, Northwest Co. Cavan Survey. An archaeological survey of northwest Cavan: the other Burren (2007), p.52.

Date of upload: 20 March 2012