They ceratinly make them big in these parts. This could definitely give the impression that it is a giant's grave. Only one side of this really stands intact, just a few stones of the north wall remain and very little of the gallery walling is present.
The south wall, however, consists of 7 stones that rise in height from 1m at the east to 1.6m at the west. These 7 stones form a length of 10m. When you see the Rathfran wedge 500m to the south you realise how massive this would have been.
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From Killala take the R314 north for around 4kms. Here the road turns sharp right, crosses a river and turns sharp left. At this bend carry straight on. Continue along this road for 2kms until you go over a cross roads. 300m on the left you will see a sign for the ogham stone. Enter this field and look to the left and you will see the huge stones of this tomb on the highest point in the next field.
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