The walk to this clifftop site is a soggy one. Scattered across the very wet gotund on top of the hill there are many, many boulders and exposed rocky outcrops, which makes finding this small tomb quite tricky. Once found, though, it's quite a delight.
A small northward facing passage, about 1m long, leads into an oval or pear shaped chamber. The chamber is just over 1m wide and 1.5m deep. It is also half filled with rubble. The passage was probably a little bit longer originally - there are a couple of slightly displaced stones just in front of it that look as if they match the orthostats that form the passage walls. Interestingly, the passage itself points directly at the eastern-most point of Rathlin Island. A large slab to the west of the passage is probably a roofstone from the chamber.
There is some cairn material left and a section of kerb remains in front of the entrance. I doubt that there was ever a kerb on the east and southeast sides, though. Here the edge of the monument is defined by an outcrop of bedrock that forms a 1m tall ledge.
As with all coastal sites the views are wonderful. Rathlin Island to the north, Ballycastle beach to the west and beyond that Larry Bane Head and Sheep Island, just below Lannimore Hill on the far side of which you can find the passage tombs at The Druid Stone (County Antrim), Clenagh and Lennagh. To the southeast you can see West Torr.
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