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At a glance
- TypeMegalithic tomb - portal tomb
- Recorded sizeL 2.9m; W 2.5m; T 0.5m
- Condition (as surveyed)Ruined
What to look for
- Capstone
- Portal stones
Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.
Can you visit?
- No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
- Ask the landowner before crossing fields, close gates, leave the stones as you find them.Visiting responsibly
History and description
On the E side and near the mouth of the narrow river valley that runs between the two hills N of Owning. Comprising a ruined chamber facing SSE represented by a broken W portal, a door-stone, the W sidestone and a leaning-in backstone.
Full archaeological record 147 words
On the E side and near the mouth of the narrow river valley that runs between the two hills N of Owning. Comprising a ruined chamber facing SSE represented by a broken W portal, a door-stone, the W sidestone and a leaning-in backstone. The E portal is prostate and the adjoining E sidestone is displaced. The roofstone (L 2.9m; Wth 2.5m; T 0.5m), has been dislodged to the W and its upper end rests on the backstone and W sidestone. A large slab beside the tomb to the S may be the broken upper portion of the W portal. Fogarty records that the monument was intact until c. 1825-30 and that the roofstone 'rested level on 7 large flags' (c. 1850, 21, 54). (Fogarty c. 1850, 21, 54; Borlase 1897, vol. 2, 408, Iverk no. 3; Powell 1941, 22, no. 25; Ó Nualláin 1983, 97, no. 3)
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Paul Walsh · Updated 12 May 2021. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
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Also recorded nearby
Named sites within 5 km with only a short entry in the Archaeological Survey.
- TubbernamuchtheeRitual site - holy well · Owning · 0.2 km · official record
- Owning Church ruinChurch · Owning · 0.4 km · official record
- Ballyhenebery CastleCastle - unclassified · Ballyhenebery · 1.5 km · official record
- Tubber a' TeampuillRitual site - holy well · Kilmanahin · 1.5 km · official record
- TobernamonineRitual site - holy well · Glencommaun · 1.8 km · official record
- St. Mocuille's WellRitual site - holy well · Glencommaun · 1.8 km · official record
- Oldcourt Church (site of)Church · Oldcourt (Iverk By.),Templeorum · 3.0 km · official record
- Whitechurch Church (site of)Church · Whitechurch · 3.1 km · official record
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