Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb

The National Monuments Service's description

In pastureland with outcropping rock, some 500m to the S of Kinvarra Bay. The tomb consists of a simple wedge-shaped chamber (L 2.5m; Wth 1.5m at SW narrowing to 1.2m at NE) formed of three uprights and open to the SW. It is covered by a single roofstone on top of which is piled a stack of field stones. The chamber decreases in height from SW to NE and is surrounded by a low mound. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 24-5; Korff and O'Connell, 1985)

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).

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Date of upload: 19 August 2019

The monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 527.

References

Korff, A. and O'Connell, J. 1985 Kinvara: a rambler's map and guide. Kinvarra.

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.