Megalithic tomb - portal tomb

The National Monuments Service's description

Located on a gentle W-facing slope in an undulating landscape. This is a rectangular chamber (dims 2.5m ENE-WSW; 1.2m NNW-SSE; H 1.55m) consisting of two portal-stones at E, two sidestones and a backstone with a single roofstone (dims 2.2m x 2.1m; T 0.5m). There may have been traces of a cairn (H 1m), which could be field clearance, surrounding it at S. It was incorporated into the junction of two field banks, but it is now accessible directly from the ENE-WSW public road at S. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 81)

See the attached views taken from the SSE _1 and NE _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.