What a stunningly good portal tomb this would be if the brambles were cleared from it!
Everything seems to be there - the only bad thing is that the capstone has fallen to one side of the chamber. This has pushed one of the protal stones in slightly, but everything else does look alright, although its overgrown state does make it a little difficult to tell for definite.
The portal stones are around 1.6m tall and the chamber is around 2m long. I could not see that whether there is a doorstone or not. The capstone is about 1.8m square.
I would love to be able to say a lot more about this potentially wonderful tomb, but until it's cleared I won't be able to. The brambles that are covering it do only look like a couple of years worth of growth, so it was probably cared for until recently. You have to wonder why the upkeep of and care for these sites suddenly stops. Is it laziness? Is it to stop people like me going to see them? Is it because a new non-local, corporate landowner has bought the land and doesn't want the hassle and 'expense' of looking after our heritage? What cost our heritage?
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