Megalithic tomb - unclassified

The National Monuments Service's description

On a rocky rise, in rush-grown pasture. This unclassified megalithic tomb is a National Monument in State ownership (no. 277). An orthostat (L 1.3m; T 0.3m; H 1.3m if upright) aligned SW-NE and leaning to the S is the only set stone here. In addition four large slabs lie at the site. One (max. dim. 2.7m) adjoins the NE end of the orthostat and beyond this is another slab of similar size. Immediately S of the orthostat there is a large slab (max. dim. 2m) and alongside this to the SW there is another. There are also seven smaller prostrate stones at the site. The stones seem to represent the remains of a megalithic tomb or perhaps an abandoned attempt to build one (Ó Nualláin 1989, 53, no. 83). The presence of two large slabs one resting above the other some 15m to the S is cited as support for the view that construction of the monument may not have been completed. A court tomb (SL021-104----) lies c. 50m to ENE.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).

Date of upload: 18 January 2008

See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989)