This site is wonderfully located on the hills to the north of Lough Derg. The views are simply stunning, even on a damp, misty day like this one.
The Archaeological Inventory classes this as a wedge tomb, but it is more like a megalithic kist. A huge squarish capstone leans against the one remaining wall stone to the west. The north and south wall stones are present but have collapsed beneath the capstone. An odd monolith stands just to the side of the main monument and an outlying slab stands 30m to the northwest.
The [glog:chamber] would have been about 1.5m square internally and about 1m high. It's interesting to note that many of the other tombs around here (and there are a lot) are well set into the bog, but this one has definitely been built on what would have been a high spot before the bog developed.
Did I mention the views? Yes? Well, they're so good that I'll mention them again. The views here are spectacular!
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