What seems like a small subsidiary chamber between the two main tombs. (On second thoughts, this is probably the back end of the western gallery, the stone in the centre being the backstone. Unlike in most dual court tombs, the galleries are not in line with each other.) The stone at top left is probably the backstone of the eastern gallery.
The front of the western tomb with a couple of court stones flanking the entrance jambs.
The front of the eastern gallery. The stone to the left of the well-matched entrance jambstones is a fallen roofstone methinks.
Thorn trees have colonised the front end of both tombs. Neither tomb has much of their court remaining.
The remaining stones of Drumhart dual court tomb are hidden away at the bottom of a small incline.
Front on at the pleasingly handsome entrance, a consolation for the lack of an extant capstone.
The displaced capstone leans against the nortnern portal and the backstone. It is thought that there may have been a second, supporting capstone that held the primary capstone in place
Looking across the small chamber from over the backstone and out towards the front of the monument. Both sidestones have been removed.
Two portal stones, 1.7 metres tall, split by a doorstone, 1.5 metres tall and the displaced capstone, leaning on one of the portals and the backstone.
Another wide shot for context, looking roughly northeast.
The remains of the tomb can be spotted in the field down through the farmyard of a friendly couple in Birrinagh.
From inside the chamber looking out through the portals.
The always impressive Aghnacliff dolmen, looking like it’s about to head off on its holidays.
Field visit report 2016.
An ancient artificial island in a loch on the Isle of Lewis was built entirely on a wooden platform, archaeologists have discovered.
I visited on 04.05.26, a lot of walking is involved. I parked at Bowland Knotts and followed the dry stone wall east until reaching Ash Clough Swamp firebreak between Great Hill and White Swan, followed by easy walking on fire roads almost all the way to the site. And what a superb site it is ! Very atmospheric and unspoilt. A small portion of the East Barrow has been eroded by the Beck over the centuries. Other than that they are perfect, shapely and very impressive. The West Barrow is partially (maybe a third) obscured by encroaching pine woods and is possibly not as fertile as the East as the grass is coarser and much drier. My walk was 4+ hours round trip but WELL worth it.
