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I came across a Queen’s University Belfast study (2004) from when the information post near the tomb was being installed and an investigation was carried out around where it was to be placed. The short investigation found purposefully built stone voids below a top soil, lined with rocks. Further study found the possible roof stones of a souterrain or a chamber, but due to the limitations of the investigation, it was only to 55cm essentially the depth of the stand for the information board, the area was filled back in and the information board erected.

The tomb is easy to access, just down a lane beside a modern day graveyard.

GPS: 54.0685, -6.03255

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