This is a lovely passageless passage tomb, that is very close to the road with very good access. The single broad flat roofstone, which covers the entire chamber, has been glued back together very visibly. It rests on the top of some of the most extraordinary orthostats I have ever seen. These are each very slim and curve outwards, giving them the appearance of fingers rising out of the ground, delicately balancing the roofstone.
There is no sign of the cairn left now, but a smaller example of a similar monument can be seen closeby at Moneydig (County Derry) still embedded into its cairn.
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The views from this site are amazing. As the monument is built on a gentle west-facing slope the views over the Bann Valley in that direction are very extensive.
There is actually a second roofstone at the west end of the structure, but this has slipped off one of its supporting orthostats. It isn't very obvious unless you look through the chamber from the rear and I totally failed to see it on my previous visit.
Apparently the tomb was covered in an earth mound until mid-1800s. When this was removed a burial urn was discovered in the chamber.
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From Rasharkin take the B62 north. 800m after passing the junction with the B70 take a right turn. Follow this road to a t-junction and turn left. After 700m you come to a lane on the right hand side of the road. The tomb is just inside the field through the gate opposite this lane and visible from the road.
A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Carnanmore (Co. Antrim) |  Carrowmore Tomb 49 (Co. Sligo) |  Sheebeg (Co. Leitrim) |
 Carrowmore Tomb 26 (Co. Sligo) |  Lugnagun (Co. Wicklow) |  Clover Hill (Co. Sligo) |
