MEGALITHIC MONUMENTS
OF IRELAND.COM
OF IRELAND.COM
| KNOCKAVALLY PORTAL TOMB |
 |  |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  |
| Only three large slabs remain of this once huge portal tomb. It is located high up on a level plateau, north of Clifden (An Clochan). The tomb, orientated NW - SE, consists of one erect portal stone at the north, 1.7m in height, one side-stone on the north side and an enormous capstone, measuring * 2.3m in length *, 1.85m in width and 0.75m in depth, which has slipped to the back of the tomb at west. The entire structure is sited on a circular mound or cairn 10m in diameter. |
| CO-ORDINATES 53 30' 28.785"N...10 6' 20.951"W |
| * Due to the capstone being heavily embedded into the soil, this is only an estimated measurement * |
