Megalithic tomb - passage tomb

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a local prominence in pasture and scrub on the W side of a N-S ravine (Wth c. 100m) that is sometimes the SE end of a turlough extending from Lough Reane, which is c. 800m to the NW. This is a subcircular cairn (dims 14.5m N-S; 13m E-W; H 1.5m-1.7m) with a polygonal chamber (dims 1.3m x 1.3m) protruding from the top of the cairn and the remains of a passage off to the SE. The passage tomb (LE025-093001-) is c. 25m to the NW, a cairn (LE025-093003-) is c. 40m to the WSW and the portal tomb (LE025-092----) is c. 140m to the N. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 142; Herity 1974, 277, Le 1)

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

Herity, M. 1974 Irish Passage Graves. Dublin. Irish University Press.

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.