This giant wedge tomb is really worth seeking out. Tucked away in some woods, close to a golf course this tomb lies on the slopes of Two Rocks Mountain. The preservation is incredible, presumably some of which was done when it was excavated. There used to be a fine view to the south but this is now sadly blocked by the trees.
There chamber is no longer sealed as the roof has collapsed in. The typical double lined walls extend out to form a U-shaped gallery. The kerb stones still retain some of the cairn material, but unfortunately the cairn has long since gone. As usual with these types of tomb it is known locally as 'The Giants Grave".
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_I revisited this site with a friend, Gabi, choosing this site because of its outstanding state of preservation and closeness to home. I noticed another stone with shallow cup marks on this trip.
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I don't think that either of my companions this morning were really ready this beauty. They commented that in so many instances in the UK you would travel a long way to see a site like this and then return home, where as we had seen seven already in the space of two hours or so. Ireland's wealth started to sink in.
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Typical! On the way back here it started to rain again! So we decided to go anyway thinking that the tress might provide some protection from the weather, but no, the wind had died and the rain was vertical. Never mind, discovering this great site in its sylvan glade is always worth the walk even through rain. It's a real shame though that the views have been hidden by the same trees that provide this setting.
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It has been 20-30 years since Anthony was last here and so we popped in to see the changes. Gone are the views, now obscured by trees.
I actually found some angles that I have not photgraphed this place from which is rather good. These are the wide shots below.
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Always a good place to start a little tour. I can also now tell people that it looked much better than this before they excavated it - take a look at the sketches in Ordnance Survey Letters of County Dublin. It used to be over 6 feet tall.
This is always such a good place to start showing somwone around. The magic of the first glimpse through the trees is always a treat to behold. I do wish, however, that they'd open up the views to The Great Sugar Loaf mountain.
It's almost impossible to get a good GPS fix at the tomb, because of the closeness of the trees. It looks as if the trees on Two Rocks Mountain are starting to be felled, so hopefully, sometime soon the views to the south east may be opened up - albeit briefly.
The view from here to The Great Sugar Loaf is to the SE and it's just possible that the Winter Solstice sun rises to one side of the mountain. I think I'll have to check it out this year.
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_From the N11 take the R116 through Kiltiernan and on to Glencullen. At Johnny Fox's Pub turn right. After about 3/4 mile you will see a golf course on the left. Continue past the course for a few hundred metres until you reach a gate on the left (between a bungalow and a farm). Park here and walk along the path from this gate turning left when you reach the woods. Follow the track around the edge of the golf course until it turns sharply right. Go right and keep looking into the trees on your right and you will see the stones through the trees. You can not miss it.
A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Parknabinnia (Co. Clare) |  Minard West (Co. Kerry) |  Cabragh (Co. Sligo) |
 Baurnadomeeny (Co. Tipperary) |  Ballycroum (Co. Clare) |  Manragh Upper (Co. Cavan) |
