Megalithic tomb - portal tomb

The National Monuments Service's description

At the foot of a low hill, some 70m from a stream, in rolling farmland. A short chamber is aligned N-S. On the E side are a tall portal-stone (H 2m) and, to its S, a sidestone (H 1.2m). The portal-stone on the W side is missing but an inward leaning sidestone (H 1.2m) survives. Above the orthostats are two large roofstones resting one above the other. The lower of these (L 1.7m; Wth 2.2m; T 1.2m) rests upon the two sidestones. The upper roofstone (L 3.2m; Wth 2.3m; T 1.5m max.) rests upon both the portal-stone and the lower roofstone. A preservation order was placed on this monument in 1933. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 88, no. 3; O'Donovan 2002, 16)

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).

Compiled by: Eamon Cody

Date of upload: 3 October 2011

This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 10/1932).

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.

Moore, S. 2007 Archaeological monuments in County Longford. Longford. Longford County Council.