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| KILMOGUE PORTAL TOMB (LEAC NA SCAIL) |
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| PHOTO by Pip POWELL 2007 |
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| This spectacular portal tomb, also known as "Harristown Portal Tomb" is located 100m north-east of a head water of the River Pollanassa,(Abhainn Pholl an Easa) a small tributary of the River Blackwater, (An Abha Dhubh) which it turn merges with the River Nore and is marked on the OSI map as "Leac an Scail". It is sited in a wide valley surrounded by low hills to the east and north and by Carricktriss Hill to the north-west, Garryduff Hill to the west and Corbally Hill to the south. The most striking feature of this portal tomb, is its very steeply inclined top capstone, which measures nearly 7m in length, and rests on two massive portal stones, 4.2m in height, at the entrance and on the lower capstone at the rear. The lower capstone, side-stones and back-stone, form a box-like chamber 2m in length and 1.1m in width. The full door-stone, measuring 2.7m in height and set between the portal stones at the entrance, faces north-east. It is known locally as "Lachan Schal", ( The Great Altar ) and "Cill Mhog", ( Church of Mog ) in reference to Mog, the Celtic God of the Underworld, although the Celts would not inhabit the area for another 3,000 years. |
| CO-ORDINATES 52 24’ 11.334”N…7 15’ 44.529”W |