Rockmarshall Court Tomb

This court-tomb comprises a gallery structure some 14m long with a broad court at its NE end. The cairn edge is traceable to the N and E of the court. Six stones of the N arm of the court together with the entrance jambs to the gallery form a neat arc and indicate a court about 3.5m deep. The S entrance jamb is doubled by a second, larger orthostat set behind and parallel to it. The first chamber is 2.9m long by 2.4m wide. The N side is represented by a single stone and there are two stones at the S. A pair of jambs set inside the side walls separates this from the second chamber, which is 2.7m long by 2m wide. The N side is represented by two stones but only one survives on the S. At the western end of this chamber are a pair of jambs, again set inside the line of the side walls. Some 0.7m beyond these is an orthostat, apparently a jamb, with the remains of the gallery extending some 7m further to the SW. Here there are five contiguous stones to the N and two stones to the S. Further segmentation is indicated by a single inset jamb at the S side of the gallery and some 4m from the last-mentioned jamb. The SW end of the gallery is 1.4m wide, indicating a general decrease in gallery width from front to rear. (PRIA (C) 1960, 128)

This is a National Monument, in state ownership: No. 562.

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.