'Dooey's Cairn' : Court Tomb
Visit Notes
Sunday, 1st December 2002
An amazing example of a court tomb. The 5m long gallery is open topped, but the court and kerb are fantastic! The court is 7m deep by 7m wide and formed from massive stones, some of which are covered in the most vivid lichen I have ever seen. This lichen also appears on one group of stones in the kerb too.
This very accessible site's only drawback is that like so many sites under state care the enclosure is far too small. You can not stand back and look at the monument properly.
This is a great site which, sadly, has had a lot of ambience killed off by the proximity of the enclosure fence, which itself is not too overpowering, just too close.
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_Sunday, 18th February 2007
Early on a winter morning is not the ideal time to visit this site. The tall trees along the south edge of the enclosure are too tall and they cast a shadow over the whole site. It was nice to see it encrusted in frost, though.
I think there has been a new information sign erected just inside the entrance to the enclosure around the tomb. I certainly don't remember seeing it there on my previous visit. The old sign opposite the court is still there.
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Dooey's Cairn is well signposted from the B16 1km southeast of Dunloy.
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