I once saw an old black and white photo of this site and it looked spectacular. The capstone was still resting on the stout portal stones and the chamber walls seemed to be upright. Sadly this is no longer the case. One side of the chamber has collapsed beneath the weight of the 4m long, 0.8m thick capstone, which has also slipped from the portal stones. The stones from the other wall have been pushed outwards.
This is not where the sorrow of this monument ends though. The tomb stands in the rear garden of a bungalow, which has been built just 2m in front of the portal. To add insult to injury one of the portal stones has been secured upright by a nasty looking blob of concrete. To compound matters the blob of concrete had been decorated by having mussel shells pressed into it. A loose scatter of shells, presumably taken from Binanea Strand which the tomb overlooks, has been placed in front of the low doorstone.
The house totally blocks out the views to the south where Tievealehid and Errigal Mountain rise up in a most spectacular manner. Looking around the area I can not understand why it was necessary to build a bungalow just here. There's a lot of land hereabouts and the planners should be shot for allowing it. That said the gentleman who now occupies the property is very nice and doesn't mind you popping around the back to see the tomb.
The gallery is around 3m long and just over 1m wide. The portal stones are 1.8m tall with a half-height doorstone in between. The central axis is aligned just off east-west with the entrance facing south of east towards Muckish Mountain.
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