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- TypeMegalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.
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History and description
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.
Full archaeological record 45 words
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.
References
- The monument is 160m NW of portal-tomb (LH004-056----). Situated on the W side of the valley of the Kilcurry River. It consists of a substantial grass-grown oblong mound (L 12m; max. Wth 7m; max. H 1m) in which there is the remains of a long gallery, aligned NNE-SSW. Two clumps of white-thorn trees grow on the S end of the mound. The monument was listed as an unclassified megalithic tomb (Ó Nualláin 1989; Ó Nualláin & Walsh 1986a, 1991) but following a more recent examination it is clear that it is a wedge-tomb.
- The gallery (at least 4.5m long) is aligned almost due N-S with the entrance at the S end. A large septal-stone marks the S end of the gallery.The E side of the gallery is represented by at least five stones but only two possible sidestones are visible on the W side. Near the N end of the mound is a low set stone with a gabled top. It may be a backstone or a kerb-stone. A prostrate slab in the gallery area may be a displaced roofstone.
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 17 July 2007. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
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