Megalithic tomb - portal tomb

The National Monuments Service's description

Sited on a ridge in pasture. The chamber, incorporated in a field fence, is quite damaged. It faces NW and is about 3m long and 1.5m wide. At its more northerly side, a portal-stone 1.55m high, rises 0.85m above the adjoining sidestone. Beyond this a low backstone is set skew to the main axis of the chamber. At S a sidestone is in place but the portal-stone has fallen. An outward-leaning sillstone marks the front of the chamber. A displaced slab in the chamber may be part of a roofstone. Another displaced slab lies to the N of the fallen portal-stone. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 121-2, No. 21)

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).

References

de Valera, R. and Ó Nualláin, S. 1972 Survey of the megalithic tombs of Ireland, vol. 3, Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. Dublin. Stationery Office.