Moneylahan

Nearest town:
Grange (5km WSW)
OS reference:
G715498
OS sheet:
16
Latitude:
54° 23' 45.27 N
Longitude:
8° 26' 19.79 W
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Images

Image of Moneylahan (Court Tomb) by ryaner

The eastern entrance jambstone of the north-east gallery has split in two. The sidestone to its right is about 3 metres long.

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ryaner
ryaner Aug 23, 2019
Image of Moneylahan (Court Tomb) by ryaner

Looking south-west out of the south-west court. Benbulbin shapes up in the distance.

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ryaner Aug 23, 2019
Image of Moneylahan (Court Tomb) by ryaner

The north-west gallery – Benwiskin blows you away.

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ryaner
ryaner Aug 23, 2019
Image of Moneylahan (Court Tomb) by ryaner

Similar shot of the SW gallery but this time showing the extent of the cairn, said to be originall rectangle in shape and 19 metres wide. Twelve metres separate the two back-to-back galleries.

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ryaner Aug 23, 2019
Image of Moneylahan (Court Tomb) by ryaner

Over the NE gallery. The low hill in the near distance holds a fantastic cashel that’s also worth a look if you should venture here.

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ryaner Aug 23, 2019
Image of Moneylahan (Court Tomb) by ryaner

Another view of the NE gallery. Though the site is damaged, most of the original stones are still here.

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ryaner
ryaner Aug 23, 2019
Image of Moneylahan (Court Tomb) by ryaner

This is the north-east gallery. It too is double chambered. The entrance jambs are a mismatched pair. The large stone to the rear right seems to be a displaced roofstone from the back chamber, now resting on the gallery backstone.

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ryaner
ryaner Aug 23, 2019
Image of Moneylahan (Court Tomb) by ryaner

The SW court extends 7 metres out from the gallery.

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ryaner Aug 23, 2019
Image of Moneylahan (Court Tomb) by ryaner

The SW chamber is left of the shot, segmenting jambs obvious with low entrance jambs about 2.5 metres in front of them, the rounded backstone is a further 2.3 metres behind them.

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ryaner
ryaner Aug 23, 2019
Image of Moneylahan (Court Tomb) by ryaner

Looking across the court and entrance of the NE tomb.

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ryaner
ryaner Aug 23, 2019
Image of Moneylahan (Court Tomb) by ryaner

Benwiskin towers over the court tomb at Moneylahan. The back-to-back dual-court tomb sits in a cairn 45 metres long. It is now officially my new favourite site ever.

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ryaner
ryaner Aug 23, 2019

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