Ballynageeragh Portal Tomb


Map Reference: S495031 (2495,1031)



This portal tomb stands on pasture on a broad plateau. It has an oval capstone, 4m by 2.65m and 70cm thick. The tomb faces SW but the portal-stones are missing. The capstone rests on a doorstone and a cushion stone on top of the backstone. There are several side stones. Investigations in the late 1930s revealed cremated bone, flint and charcoal in the chamber.



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