Megalithic tomb - court tomb

The National Monuments Service's description

Located in pasture on top of a drumlin. A two-chambered gallery (dims 6m plus NW-SE; 2m NE-SW) is divided by jamb-stones. There is a circular court opening at the NW (dims 6m NW-SE; 7m NE-SW) and slight traces of a cairn, which was excavated (E000049) by J. X. W. P. Corcoran (1964). Although there was no evidence of burial, two sherds of pottery and two flint javelin-heads were found as well as flint and chert scrapers and arrowheads. A wedge tomb (LE018-007---) lies c. 20m to the WSW and a standing stone (LE018-008---) is c. 35m to the E. (Richardson and Lowry Corry 1940, 169-70; de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 68-9)

See the attached views from N _1 and S _2.

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.

Corcoran, J.X.W.P. 1964 Excavation of two chambered cairns at Kilnagarns Lower, Co. Leitrim. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 94, 177-98.

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