This is a very interesting site. The monument is very ruined, but enough remains to see that it was a court tomb. Many of the court stones, some of which are 1.5m tall, are in situ. The tomb is situated so that Rathlin Island seems to sit on top of the intervening hills. To achieve this the tomb was built on what appears to be an artificial platform. This level area projects out from the north facing slope and is over 3m high at the far end.
Some stones from the gallery are there, but not enough to say how big the gallery was. The court is 7m+ wide and about the same deep. As I approached the site from the east I could see the fine crannog in Lough-na-Crannagh to the north. I was surprised to see that the lake wasn't visible from the tomb site. There is no reason why it should have been - the crannog is thousands of years younger than the tomb - but I was expecting it to be visiblle for some reason.
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