Located about a mile off the A1 on a farm is the impressive Kilfeaghan Portal Tomb.
The real star of this site is the massive capstone, 2.5 meters long by 1.5 meters in thickness.
The capstone is said to weigh around the 35 ton mark, it rests on two portal stones which have been driven into the ground by the sheer weight of this beast of a capstone.
The tomb rests on top of a large cairn (which was mostly covered in grass on the morning of my visit).
For a better idea of the size of the cairn check this link to Jim Dempsey's great Megalithic Ireland web site.
Access - this tomb is very easy to find and is well sign posted, a walkway is provided from the farm gate.
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