Skregg : Passage Tomb
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Sunday, 14th July 2002
What a treat to see as ytou drive down the lane that skirts the low drumlin upon which this much ruined passage tomb stands upon. The hillock is a 10m high (natural) mound that is dotted with large lumps of rock, some seemingly forming a circle around it half way up its height - perhaps a kerb.
On the summit is the remains of the chamber. This consists of three wall slabs covered but a large roof slab. The interior of the chamber is around 1.5m cubed. I sat in here to shelter from the blistering sun whilst eating my dinner, watching the sheep watch me in fascination. I was also watched by the woman that lives in the nearby bungalow the whole time I was there.
To the south, running along the spine of the mound are two lines of stones that my denote a longer passage, but these are so disorganised it is difficult to say.
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_Sunday, 29th August 2004
I had just been to see the Sheela-na-Gigs at Skregg (County Roscommon) and I couldn't resist stopping off here again. I still can't work this monument out. What exactly is it? And what did it used to look like?
If the open end is the front, which I'm sure it is because of the low sill stone, then it faces south: a fairly unusual direction for a passage tomb to face. Again I found myself wondering how many of the zillions of large stones strewn all over the hill were once part of the tomb.
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