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The point of maximum pressure on the northern portal.

South-east out the ‘door’.

The well-matched portals with half-height doorstone.

The capstone narrows from 3.3 metres at the front to almost 2 metres at the back and is 3.15 metres long.

Kilclooney More’s little brother.

Looking north-west.

Magnificent.

Approaching from the west.

Closer in on the two jambstones.

There ain’t much left.

Looking north – a wall crosses the chamber behind two well-matched jambstones.

“Though the monument is very ruined the remains are sufficient to indicate with reasonable certainty that it was a court-tomb.”
from the Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland, Volume V, County Sligo by Seán Ó Nualláin

North over the top of the cairn – the storm beach is 100 metres beyond.

Looking south – quite a substantial gouge has been taken out of the eastern side.

Looking south-east. The cairn is impressive.

From the top of the cairn looking east – Knocknarea is centre on the horizon line.

Approaching from the south.

The southern side of the tomb – there may be more incorporated into the fence and wall.

South side of the tomb, a giant’s grave according to the landowner.

A few stones remain on the west side of the tomb.

Another ruined wedge tomb in west Sligo.

Along the gallery towards the rear of the monument.

The fallen roofstone covers a small portico. There’s no way to have a look at the entrance with all the growth.

The entrance roofstone/lintel has fallen from the gallery jambstones.

Displaced roofstone (?) at the south-east corner of the gallery.

The northern side of the gallery.

From the back of the tomb, looking south-west along the gallery.

North-east along the the axis of the chamber.

Madly overgrown but still atmospheric.

Looking south-west along the chamber, from the rear.

Approaching from the east, doesn’t look too hopeful from this angle.

Very difficult to tell what is where at Dunowla.

West Sligo held quite a few disappointments – this was one of them.

Front on at the two large facade stones, the largest of the whole tomb in fact.

The northern side.

West over the back of this fine, if small, wedge tomb.

Looking north-west over the tomb.

Looking south-east at the tomb facade.

Approaching from the north.

There’s quite a substantial portal dolmen in there under the capstone.

The 2 metre tall southern portal.

From the rear – the stones in the foreground are not in situ and could be field clearance.

There’s more in there somewhere.

With my back to the doorstone/sillstone, looking out the entrance.

Looking out, eastwards over the front chambers towards the ruined court.

Segmenting jambs and doorstone/sillstone make this look very port-tomb-like.

Massive, probable roofstone to the left.

Westernmost stone at the back of the tomb.

Gallery entrance.

Approaching from the north.