Site Type: Passage Tomb
Location: Link to Bing Maps
Description:
The passage tomb is described on Archaeology.ie as follows;
"This wedge-shaped chamber is incorporated in a field boundary. The N, S and E sides each consist of a split boulder. Two imbricated stones represent an entrance opening to the SW. The chamber is covered by a single roof stone. Although the remains appear to be those of a small passage-tomb with an angled entrance, they are best left unclassified pending further investigation."
I came across this alignment in 2016 with the publication of Dr Frank Prendergast's paper 'Interpreting megalithic tomb orientations and siting within broader cultural contexts' Dr Prendergast uses a statistical analysis of all the passage tombs in Ireland to conclude that 24 of them have significant astronomical alignments.
Links to photographs;
http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/2063/faughart_lower_passage_tomb.htm
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