Lugnagun

Also known as:
Lackan
Nearest town:
Blessington (5km W)
OS reference:
O022119
OS sheet:
56
Latitude:
53° 8' 52.21 N
Longitude:
6° 28' 20.36 W
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Image of Lugnagun (Passage Grave) by ryaner

Nine years after first coming here and thinking I’d never return, today was my fifth time here.

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ryaner
ryaner Apr 16, 2022
Image of Lugnagun (Passage Grave) by ryaner

The tall stone in the middle seems to be an entrance/blocking stone, set back from the kerb.

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ryaner
ryaner May 24, 2020
Image of Lugnagun (Passage Grave) by ryaner

Pano looking across the passage and chamber with kerbstones at the right (west).

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ryaner
ryaner May 24, 2020
Image of Lugnagun (Passage Grave) by ryaner

There are said to be 27 stones in the kerb of the 9m diameter cairn.

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ryaner Jun 3, 2019
Image of Lugnagun (Passage Grave) by ryaner

Drystone walling and orthostats inside the chamber.

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ryaner
ryaner Jun 3, 2019
Image of Lugnagun (Passage Grave) by ryaner

There is a grassy track up to the tomb from the main forestry track, handily signed by some enthusiasts.

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ryaner
ryaner Jun 3, 2019
Image of Lugnagun (Passage Grave) by ryaner

The chamber is quite small, with its orthostats quite well-worked to form a box/kist-like space.

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ryaner
ryaner Apr 9, 2013
Image of Lugnagun (Passage Grave) by ryaner

Hard to believe that they once planted a tree on the roofstone of the chamber, but there you go.

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ryaner
ryaner Apr 9, 2013

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Lugnagun

ryaner
ryaner Apr 9, 2013

This was a bit of a slog, added to by my 4-year-old companion with equal measures of joy and impatience. It’s quite a journey from the last available parking space at the entrance to the forestry, and when you do get to the vicinity of the tomb it’s a bugger to spot as the ten-year-old pines completely hide it. It is exactly where it says it is on the map and if you have a bit of determination, you will find it – only leave any small children at home.

The forestry people had the good sense to leave quite a bit of space around the tomb when re-planting, allowing the monument to breathe a little. It’s a charming little place, but the views are becoming ever more blocked as the pines shoot up.

Much of the kerb and entrance is still standing on the west side of the tomb. The chamber, with its wig-like tree stump, is 1.8 metres by 1 metre by .6 of a metre high. There is slight evidence of a passage (I’ve often wondered on these small passage graves “Passage for who? The fairies?“) and some other structural orthostats. The whole of the mound is about 10 metres in diameter.

Quite a magical little place, probably my first and last visit.

Sites within 20km of Lugnagun

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