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Image of Rockmarshall (Court Tomb) by ryaner

The rear of the tomb, narrowed to about a metre and a half.

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Image of Rockmarshall (Court Tomb) by ryaner

The segmenting jambs between the second chamber and the small gap, before the tomb continues on to the third, narrow and longest of the three chambers.

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Image of Rockmarshall (Court Tomb) by ryaner

The segmenting jambs between the first and second chambers.

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Image of Rockmarshall (Court Tomb) by ryaner

The stones of the tomb are mostly rough-hewn and blocky and could almost be described as ugly.

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Image of Rockmarshall (Court Tomb) by ryaner

The tomb is aligned north-east/south-west with the court at the north-east end. This looks over the monument south-west towards Dundalk Bay.

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Image of Rockmarshall (Court Tomb) by ryaner

Looking along the full length of the two galleries from the north.

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Image of Rockmarshall (Court Tomb) by ryaner

Looking north from the smaller chamber/gallery. I thought the cracked stone visible here is the backstone of a south facing chamber and that this is a dual court tomb. However, there is no trace of a court at the south so maybe this is a segmented court tomb, with the northern gallery split into two chambers by jamb stones and the lower southern gallery with just the single chamber.

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Image of Rockmarshall (Court Tomb) by ryaner

Another north-south view. Much remains of the tomb but it is still fairly wrecked.

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Image of Rockmarshall (Court Tomb) by ryaner

The entrance has been interfered with but the segmentation of the different chambers is clear looking along the gallery from the north.

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