This is a really nasty one to get to because of the very rough and craggy limestone pavement that surrounds it. If you do attempt it then I thoroughly recommend very good boots and a walking stick to test out the ground before you place your foot anywhere! The forest floor looks lovely and mossy but beneath this green covering lie a thousand traps just waiting to get you.
The cairn has been stripped off the top and the rear chamber has been opened by splitting the roofstone. The Gallery is around 5m long and goes at least 1m into the pavement and stands 50cm proud of it. There are two chambers within separated by a jamb on the south side and a possible on the north. If the north is a jamb then it toatally closes the gallery between the two sections. The forward chamber is pretty full of debris, and the roofstone is to one side. Over the two door stones there is a very nice lintel stone - still in situ. No portico evident. The rear is closed by a single slab. The walls each formed by 2 huge limestone slabs.
It is situated on the north edge of the pavement, which rises to the south and is aligned E-W, with the entrance at the west end. Just 4m to the north is a 5m drop to a mainly soil ground level. A wonderful location if it wasn't surrounded by trees.
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