The day just gets better! I was not expecting to see what is presented to you here on the map. I can usually imagine what the views are like from looking at an OS but this is beyond my imagination.
The newer OS map marks this site as Megalithic Tomb, the older maps showed two tombs side by side which is more correct. The two adjacent cairns actually house at least four chambers each all set into the western face pointing directly at a huge flat topped mountain, "Benbo". I am positive that these tombs are located here for the sole purpose of watching the sun set on the equinoxes into the small dip on Benbo's ridge.
Behind and to the east of the tombs small but wonderful limestone pavements extend backwards riddled with deep parallel grooves, natural cups and holes. The tombs are made out of sheets of this limestone and have some fantastic holes and weathering too.
A little higher up and to the north is a perfect little picnic area and indeed that is exactly what we did here. Sitting, chatting and eating slowly while looking down upon the cairns below and out over the valley and the amazing views on offer. It doesn't come much better than this!
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Just past one o'clock and I felt it was time to go somewhere to stop and eat and relax a little and this seemed like the perfect place. I also wanted to take a proper look at these odd remains to make some real sense of them. I have to admit that I couldn't really remember exactly what is left.
The north tomb (GPS = G 89904 36933) is most perplexing at first, at least until you realise that half the gallery stones have been removed and the slabs at the northernmost end are the remains of jambs. The court is filled in and would have been very long and narrow. The south end of this cairn, where the subsidiary chambers are, is actually pointing in a different direction to the part with the gallery in. There is a definite bend visible on the east side and this kink makes the rear of the cairn align with the south cairn.
The south cairn (GPS = G 89937 36979) is far less complicated and seems to have been built 'as is'. It aligns with a notch in the nearby hills to the southwest. The court is either very well hidden below collapsed rubble or has been removed.
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A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Knockergrana (Co. Donegal) |  Milltown (Co. Down) |  Loughconnelly (Co. Antrim) |
 Carrowreagh (Co. Sligo) |  Cohaw (Co. Cavan) |  Creevagh (Co. Mayo) |
