Nestled among the pine plantation forest and mobile phone aerials this is a sad sight.
The mound is bracken covered, about 10m in diameter and 3m tall, with a small path leading up to the top and on the west side you can make out where the entrance would have been.
On climbing to the top you can see that the roof has collapsed and you can, after brushing aside some vegetation, see the remains of the roof corbelling. Like Seefin Hill (County Wicklow) the roof seems to have comprised of red quartz.
If the aerials were not here this would be a beautiful spot.
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_A visit here now is well worth it because a lot of the trees have been felled around the mound. You can now appreciate why the site may have been chosen. You can now look west out across the plains and down onto Athgoe Hill.
To the west of the tomb are two large boulders, which may be displace kerb stones or they may be stones taken from the roof of the chamber when it was opened up. Having seen the dip in the top of the mound again I am sure that it was opened up at some time.
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The best approach is to park at the entrance to a small track O 014 225 and walk up the track. Take the first right hand junction and follow the track around until you reach the radio masts. The tomb is situated to the left of the track behind what looks like an airfield control tower.
A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Carrig (Co. Wicklow) |  Knocknagin (Co. Meath) |  Ballyvoy (Co. Antrim) |
 Cloghs (Co. Antrim) |  Faughart Lower (Co. Louth) |  Glasnamullen (Co. Wicklow) |
