Looking west down along the shambles that used to be a small court tomb.
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August 29, 2026
What is thought the be the base of the walls of a limekiln lies in the middle of the scant remains here.
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The stone in the middle of this shot is a covering lintel over what seem to be two segmenting jambstones. The tomb is overall a wrecked mess.
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August 28, 2026
1975 aerial photo of Offham Hill Causewayed Enclosure and a fairly crude attempt to use AI to give a similar view of its early stages, let’s say around 3500 bce.
Image credit: University of Cambridge Air Photos and Dola AI
Plan of the six tombs taken from the Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland, Volume 6, County Donegal. See the recent link posted to TMA for free downloads of all these amazing books.
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Zipped PDFs of all 6 books, tomes even. Quite a download but endlessly fascinating and highly recommended. Photos, descriptions and plans of every recorded monument. They didn’t do the six counties nor quite a large chunk of Leinster but invaluable all the same.
Tomb number 6 according to Cody’s classification in the Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland, the easternmost, is in the garden of a house.
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More magic from Lego and various places in Orkney.
Overlay of image of the 1976 excavation over locations of World War 2 slit trenches, marked by purple diamonds.
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August 27, 2026
The north end of the monument with some probably modern drystone construction.
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This shot illustrates the mess at the site that confounds those looking for an easy classification. Both Herity and Cody mention maybe court tomb.
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North-west towards Biofán and Glen Head.
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Station no. 1 of the Gleanncholmcille Turas is actually a prehistoric megalithic tomb, probably a court tomb.
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Large slab with one basin, almost as deep as it is wide.
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Lidar image with associated barrows and without undergrowth.
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August 26, 2026
The road heads west off up to the Sliabh Liag cliffs – the bullaun is the smaller stone in this shot.
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22cm deep basin in this eroded stone.
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Roadside and streamside bullaun in this small townland.
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2.1 metres tall stone in this megalith saturated townland.
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Back eastish, towards Cloghanmore court tomb on the other side of the road.
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Over 2 metres tall. The mound of stones, though cairn-like, is thought to be modern field clearance.
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