Known locally as the Moyra Glebe court tomb, this ancient monument sits on a small patch of level ground that now serves as rough pasture, with the Ray River flowing just 250 metres to the west. From this vantage point, visitors can glimpse the sandy beaches of Ballyness Bay stretching eastward in the distance, whilst the distinctive peaks of Muckish and Errigal mountains dominate the southern horizon.

The tomb itself consists of an unroofed stone gallery measuring about 4 metres long and 1.7 metres at its widest point, with its entrance facing west. What remains today are several upright stones, or orthostats, that once formed the walls of the burial chamber and part of what appears to have been a forecourt; a characteristic feature of court tombs where rituals may have taken place. The structure shows signs of sophisticated design, with a narrowing of the gallery near the front that suggests the builders may have intended to create two separate chambers within. A large corbel stone, measuring approximately 1 metre square, still rests across two of the side stones, hinting at how the roof might have been constructed. The backstone, shaped like a gable, rises 1.2 metres high and would have formed the eastern end of the chamber.

When antiquarian Thomas Fagan visited the site in 1845, local people told him that a ‘great flag’ had once covered part of the gallery, though this and other stones had been removed over time. Archaeological testing carried out in 2004 in the neighbouring field revealed nothing of significance, suggesting the tomb stands relatively isolated from other prehistoric activity. Several additional stones scattered around the main structure, including what may be the remnants of a curved wall about 5 metres to the south, hint at the monument’s original extent. Like many of Ireland’s estimated 400 court tombs, this example at Moyra Glebe offers a tangible connection to the island’s Neolithic farmers, who built these communal burial places between 4000 and 2500 BCE as both tombs for their dead and perhaps as territorial markers in an increasingly settled landscape.