Location - Beihy;
Killesher; Fermanagh.
Description
Within a circle of natural swallow holes are the remains of a court
tomb. The site survives as a peat covered long cairn aligned NE-SW.
It is 15.5m long x 9m wide at NE, tapering to 5m wide at the SW
end. A single court stone, 0.92m high stands at the eastE, close
to a pair of entrance portals. Peat digging along the north side
of the mound has exposed 3 side stones of the gallery. A single
stone is visible on the south side, indicating a gallery 1.8m wide.
The roofing stones are missing, but some cairn stones are visible.
Location
- Druid's Circle; Tullynaputtoge; Toppan; Cleenish; Fermanagh.
Description
On a southwest facing slope of a hill in bogland at Tullynaputtoge.
Two sites were shown on the 1856 ordinance survey 6"map &
designated "Tullynaputtoge". This was described in 1855
as the name of a stone circle & a standing stone. There is now
no visible trace of these sites.
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Location -
Skaghlea Cairn; Dog Little; Devenish; Fermanagh.
Description
On a north facing slope in boggy upland, 800m WNW of Meenagleragh
Lough. This court tomb is named "Skaghalea" on early editions
of the ordinance survey 6" map &"Skaghlea" on
the current edition. It is an almost intact long cairn of limestone
boulders. As a result of cairn spill, the outline is oval, 20m NW-SE
x 17m NE-SW & 2m high. At the southeast end, 11 limestone uprights
remain of a three-quarter court, with 4 stones of a frontal facade.
There is no evidence for a gallery, but is could be concealed by
the cairn.
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Location
- Meenagleragh; Devenish; Fermanagh.
Description
A megalithic tomb, buried in blanket bog was discovered in the course
of fieldwork on a gentle west facing slope of a hill, 160m SE of
another tomb in the same townland. The site is in Big Dog forest,
but is situated in a firebreak & has not been deep-ploughed
or planted with trees. All that is visible is a flat roof slab,
tilted upwards towards the east, 1.3m long & 0.18m thick, supported
below the surface of the bog by orthostats which form an underground
chamber 1m deep. There is no trace of a cairn.
Further Information
EHS-Built Heritage
Monuments and Buildings Record
5-33 Hill Street
Belfast BT1 2LA
Tel : 028 9054 3004
Fax :028 9054 3111
e-mail: mbr@doeni.gov.uk
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