About the best view I could get of the tomb. It was very difficult to photograph well. Its also a pity someone has felt the need to use the site as a storage area for large fenceposts. Wandering about, you get the feeling the tomb was aligned to that notch visible in the clifftop of Fair Head.
The tomb, viewed from the south, over one of the many piles of field clearance stones littered about the area. I wonder how many of them belong to the tomb...
View towards Ballycastle Bay to the West, showing some of the remaining Court stones. The tallest is 1.6m high.
View from NE towards the setting sun.
The summit of Knocklayd mountain is hiding behind that cloud...
A view over the tomb, from close to Cloghafadd Court Tomb, towards the Crannog on Lough na Crannagh, and over the cliffs of Fair Head to Rathlin Island. The tomb is towards the bottom-left of the image, with a black cow lying down nearby.
View from west, towards Knocklayd, showing the nicely-shaped top of the stone. Reminded me of a portal stone from a tomb.
Viewed from the south. The stone looks quite different from every angle.
View from the south-west, towards some bemused sheep.
The moon rising over Knocklayd mountain.
Last rays of the sunset peek out from behind the stone.
An impressive view of Slieve Donard, and the Mourne mountains.
A very impressive pillar of granite indeed. The hedge was a bit overgrown on my visit.
View from west, showing the lovely concrete ‘repair’ What were they thinking? And this was supposedly the work of Archaeologists.
View from SE, with Knocklayd mountain in the distance.
View from the east, showing the jumble of small stones around the base of the standing stone.
View from SE, showing the split at the top of the stone.
View from the west. The stone looks very different from this angle.
view from the north showing the stone’s wedge-shaped profile.
viewed from SW, with the road below, and nearby houses.
view from NW, back into Loughguile village.
This little feature caught my eye on the way back to the car. there is a small pit about 1.5m in diameter behind this lintel-like stone, with numerous stones lying in front of it. I’d guess it was maybe some kind of cist burial, or the remains of a booley house?
Closeup of the huge fallen capstone, with its large seams of quartz.
View of the western tomb from SE. The massive capstone is about 2.5m square, with huge seams of quartz running through all the stones.
View from the south, showing the gap where the missing sidestone should be.
View of portals and doorstone from inside the chamber.
The view east towards Cushendun Bay from the road. will come back to take a closer look...
View to the north, showing some of the remaining large kerbstones.
View from the west, over the road towards Ballypatrick forest.
View to the west, over Loughareema ‘The Fairy Lough’ – also called the ‘Vanishing Lake’ due to its ability to fill up to about 25ft, and empty again within the space of a few days.
View from NE. The tomb looks stunning in the sunshine, with its coat of lichen.
View NW over the capstone, towards Whitepark Bay and Benbane Head.
View from the south. The later drystone wall can be seen to the right, cutting off the eastern side of the cairn.
The upright to the SW of the tomb slots into a neat groove on the underside of the capstone.
