Ervey

Nearest town:
Kingscourt (3km NE)
OS reference:
N770931
OS sheet:
35
Latitude:
53° 52' 53.61 N
Longitude:
6° 49' 44.28 W
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Image of Ervey (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

You can see how the remains might get swallowed up in the summer. The slab leaning at the angle under the capstone is said to be a possible doorstone, but I thought it more likely to have split from the capstone.

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ryaner
ryaner Mar 1, 2020
Image of Ervey (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

The quite large capstone is held up be the remaining standing portal, which in turn is kept upright by a hawthorn tree

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ryaner
ryaner May 6, 2007
Image of Ervey (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

Arch. Inventory of Co. Meath says there’s a possible doorstone in there somewhere

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ryaner
ryaner May 6, 2007
Image of Ervey (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

Hidden in the hedgerow, Ervey portal looks deceptively small. The capstone is actually comparatively large and this seems to have resulted in its collapse.

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ryaner
ryaner May 6, 2007

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Ervey

ryaner
ryaner Mar 1, 2020

Twelve and a half years since I was last here, it was different than I remembered. A massive capstone, a portal stone, what looks like a flaked part of the capstone split off from the bottom and some various possible chamber stones are what remains.

It’s one of those sad reminders of what once may have been, neglected, but in the end not wholly ignored – there were signs that we weren’t the only ones to check out the tomb.

Access is not as straightforward as I thought, though the monument is in a roadside field. Now is the time to visit – this will be overgrown in the summer months.

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