Megalithic tomb - court tomb

The National Monuments Service's description

In limestone cragland just beyond S rim of a little valley, in an area now covered by a large plantation of conifers. The monument, fairly well preserved but concealed by cairn material, is aligned E-W. At E is part of N side of a court and a single stone of S side. Behind these is a gallery (L 4.2m), divided into two chambers. Corbelling is well preserved along both sides of the rear chamber and extends E into front chamber where it is obscured by debris. Two large broken roofstones rest above the corbelling and a massive lintel lies across the gallery entrance. The cairn is roughly oval in plan (L 15m, Wth 12m, H c. 2m) and envelops the gallery to level of roofstones, as well as apparently concealing the greater part of the court, (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 10-11)

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).

Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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).