It's lovely when a site takes you by surprise. I was expecting to find a ruined court tomb to match Ossian's Grave (County Antrim) on the valley slopes below, but what I came across was sweet little monument. At first I classified it as a kist, but I soon realised that it is actually a southerly outlier of the northern coastal passage tombs found here in Antrim.
The capstone has been tipped off revealing the five stones that once supported it. The capstone now lies in the gap that was probably the original entrance. The exposed orthostats are all under 80cm tall and define an area no more than 1.5m in diameter.
This site has amazing views. To the east you can see Cushendall Bay, while to the southwest Tievebulliagh, the site of a very important Neolithic axe factory sits perfectly on the horizon. Just slightly north of east there is a curious hill that has caught my attention every time I've passed through Cushendall - Tieverah. This is shaped like a large truncated cone and is really prominent in the surrounded landscape, despite being just 130m or so tall.
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A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Sheemore (south tomb) (Co. Leitrim) |  Tornant Upper (Co. Wicklow) |  Seefin Hill (Co. Wicklow) |
 Annaghmore Glebe (Co. Fermanagh) |  Clover Hill (Co. Sligo) |  Cairn T (Co. Meath) |
