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Image of Drumnasillagh (Court Tomb) by ryaner

Much cairn material remains and the large stones here may be gallery roofstones.

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Image of Drumnasillagh (Court Tomb) by ryaner

It’s hard to make out whether these are court stones or part of the entrance facade.

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Image of Drumnasillagh (Court Tomb) by ryaner

Looking into the court. I believe that there have been changes here since the inventory (see below) were here in 1960.

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Image of Drumnasillagh (Court Tomb) by ryaner

There is much cairn material left but no visible gallery or chambers.

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Drumnasillagh
Court Tomb

The following description is derived from both the published ‘Archaeological Inventory of County Louth’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the ‘Archaeological Survey of County Louth’ (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007

This court-tomb is incorporated in a roughly trapezoidal cairn some 30m long and 20m wide at the WSW, narrowing to 7.1m wide at the ESE. There is a well-defined court at the W leading to the gallery area which is covered by cairn material. The court, 7.5m wide and 6m deep, embraces almost three-quarters of a circle and is represented by 14 orthostats, 7 at either side. Two large slabs lie at the inner end of the court. A single façade stone stands beyond the N arm of the court. Two kerb stones are exposed at the E end of the cairn and a field wall runs along its southern side. (PRIA (C) 1960, 128-9)

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