Megalithic tomb - court tomb

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a shelf on the N-facing slope of a S-N spur of Saddle Hill, with fairly level ground in the immediate vicinity W-N-E. It is located within a mature coniferous forest and is not recorded on any map but was first reported by Ciarán Rock. It consists of the remains of a cairn (dims 15m ENE-WSW; c. 8m NNW-SSE; H c. 1m) that is truncated on all sides. The cairn contains a fragment of a gallery (int. dims 5m plus ENE-WSW; 2.6m NNW-SSE) defined by two large stones (L 1.45m; 1.7m; H 0.7-0.9m) on the N side and three (L 0.7m; 1.7m; 2.4m; H 0.5-1m) on the S but the W end is obscured by cairn material. There are two jamb-stones at E (N: dims 1.1m x 0.4m; H 1.2m; S: 1m x 0.3m; H 1m) 0.5m apart with a single court stone (L 1.05m; H 0.8m) immediately to the N and a second possible court stone (dims 0.6m x 0.3m; H 0.6m) 1.5m S of the S jamb-stone. A third possible court stone (dims 0.7m x 0.7m; H 1m) is 4.6m E of the jamb-stones, but no roof-stones were identified.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 2 September, 2019