This is another one of those tales of a portal tomb and nothing on the map. Well, it exists ..... and it's quite sweet - not very big and the portal stones have gone ..... but it's sweet.
As you tramp down the hillside along the stream you just get the feeling of 'Portal Tomb Country' and you just know it's going to be there, waiting for you. And then you see a large stone and realise that this is it. I raced down the hill amazed at finding this initially dubious site.
As mentioned the portal stones have gone and just three chamber wall stones remain, still propping up one end of the diamond shaped capstone, whih is just 2.2m long.
It is wonderfully situated on a little hump around which the peaty brown stream diverts. The addition of a few trees in the area make the site very nice indeed.
The chamber forms a 70cm cube and the total height of the structure is just 1.6m. With the portal stones in place, holding up the pointed end of the capstone it may have reached 2m or so.
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After playing dodge the scrambler bike (there were around 15 people riding bikes up and down the hill) we made it to this pretty little tomb. After staying for a while and enjoying watching a bird of prey dive bomb prey we headed back up, once again running the gauntlet.
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The walk down to this wonderful site is never dry. The whole of the hillside is so boggy that Andy's feet got soaked, but it is so worth it! The recent rains had engorged the stream that runs down the hill a few metres from the tomb. The small cascade just below the tomb was particularly spectacular and noisy.
Andy had a good look around the base of the raised area that the tomb stands on and noticed that the stone seems to be different from the other rock on the hillside. This outcrop is very red, rusty even, and seems to be rich in iron.
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Take the R115 south from Rockbrook and after about 4km you will pass a turn off to the right. Keep going past the parking area on the left. As you round a bend you will see a memorial in 100m in front of you to the left. Just past this memorial is a left turn. Turn here and take this road until you reach a stream running down to your left. Park here and walk down the hill along the stream for 550m or so to reach this tomb.
A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Kilfeaghan (Co. Down) |  Carnfadrig (Co. Tyrone) |  Gorteen (Co. Sligo) |
 Doogort West (Co. Mayo) |  Cloughananca (Co. Antrim) |  Tawnamachugh (Co. Leitrim) |
