Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a low ridge on the floor of the Bonet River valley and at the foot of the steep NW-facing slope of the Tullyskeherny ridge. A single chamber (dims 5.2m N-S; 1.3-1.8m E-W), perhaps with a second chamber at S, is set within an overgrown cairn (dims 12m N-S; 10m E-W; max. H 1m). The entrance (Wth 0.6m) at N is flanked by two orthostats set transversely to the axis of the chamber. (Richardson and Lowry-Corry 1940, 174-5; de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 61)

The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 23 September 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.

Richardson, P. and Lowry-Corry, D. 1940 Some further megalithic discoveries in the counties of Cavan and Leitrim. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 70, 169-81.