Megalithic tomb - portal tomb

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated at the W end of a low E-W rise, c. 200m N of what was the E end of Lower Lough Gara which is now reclaimed. Rectangular chamber (int. dims.2.2m NW-SE; 1.95m NE-SW) facing NE defined by two sidestones and a backstone with two portal stones (H 1.75m; 2.2m) and the septal stone (H 1.9m). The roofstone (dims. 4m NE-SW; 3m NW-SE; T c. 0.7m) is in situ, and a slight grass-covered cairn (dims. c. 7m NW-SE; c. 6m NE-SW) surrounds the stones. Standing stone (RO005-016----) is c. 100m to the S. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 32,33)
It has been known and described from the early 19th century (Weld 1832, 278; D'Alton 1845, 81-2; Borlase 1897, vol. 1, 195-7; Clarke 1899, Ó Nualláin 1983, 100) and was excavated and conserved in 1954 (Topp 1962) when cremated human remains, a polished stone axe, two Bann flakes and a chert core were recovered (Herity 1964, 130).

See the attached view from the E

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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

D'Alton, J. 1845 The history of Ireland: from the earliest period to the year 1245. 2 vol. Dublin, Author.

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.

Borlase, W.C. 1897 The Dolmens of Ireland, 3 vols. London. Chapman and Hall.

Clarke, Rev. F.E. 1899 Notes on the Tinnecarra cromlech near Boyle. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 5C, 374-6.

Ó Nualláin, S. 1983 Irish portal tombs, topography, siting and distribution. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 113, 75-105.

Herity, M. 1964 The finds from the Irish portal dolmens. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 94, pt. 2, 123-44.

Weld, I. 1832 Statistical survey of the county Roscommon. Dublin, Royal Dublin Society

Topp, C. 1962 The portal dolmen of Dromanone - Co. Roscommon. Bulletin of the Institute of Archaeology 3, 38-46.