Moneygashel

Nearest town:
Swanlinbar (15km E)
OS reference:
H0634
OS sheet:
26
Latitude:
54° 15' 17.01 N
Longitude:
7° 54' 28.55 W
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Image of Moneygashel (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

The remaining portal rather spectacularly props up the smaller section of the split capstone. The old archaeologists would have described the whole thing as ‘much deranged’.

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ryaner
ryaner Mar 6, 2019
Image of Moneygashel (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

This is what seems like the front when you first approach but is actually the north side of the tomb. The lintel and the drystone walling that it spans are both modern. The capstone, under the immense pressure of its own weight, is also fracturing on the perpendicular.

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ryaner
ryaner Mar 6, 2019
Image of Moneygashel (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

Inside the chamber. This is probably the remaining sidestone.

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ryaner
ryaner Mar 6, 2019
Image of Moneygashel (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

The fracture in the capstone is quite severe, and seems to have happened a very long time ago given the weathering along the broken edges.

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ryaner
ryaner Mar 6, 2019
Image of Moneygashel (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

The fractured capstone. The rubble at the back is probably from the original cairn but has been much altered down through the centuries.

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ryaner
ryaner Mar 6, 2019
Image of Moneygashel (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

Another cow-shed portal tomb with a gargantuan capstone, maybe a mile or more from the Calf House in the Burren.

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ryaner
ryaner Mar 6, 2019

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