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| MAYO PORTAL TOMB |
| This ruined portal tomb, not marked on the early editions of the OSI or Historic maps, is located on a low ridge in pasture, east of the town of Cootehill (Muinchille) & north of the court tomb at Cohaw and the R192. The chamber, now incorporated into a field fence, is quite damaged. It faces NW and is about 3m in length and 1.5m in width. At its more northerly side, a portal-stone 1.55m in height, rises 0.85m above the adjoining side-stone. Beyond this a low back-stone is set askew to the main axis of the chamber. At the south, a side-stone is in place but the portal-stone has fallen. An outward-leaning sill-stone marks the front of the chamber. A displaced slab in the chamber may be part of a capstone. Another displaced slab lies to the north of the fallen portal-stone. N.B. -: The newer editions of the OSI maps places the portal tomb in the position of the standing stone at Mayo & vice-versa. |
| CO-ORDINATES 54 4’ 0.482”N 7 1’ 22.391”W SMR:-CV018-012 |
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