First documented on the 1848-9 Ordnance Survey map, this ancient monument appears to have been a partially roofed gallery tomb measuring approximately 4.6 metres long and 1.5 metres wide. The structure was built from flagstones standing about 0.6 to 0.9 metres high on each side, topped with an impressive capstone that measured roughly 2.6 metres long, 1.7 metres wide, and 0.2 metres thick.

The tomb’s demise came sometime in the second half of the 19th century, when road workers inadvertently knocked the structure whilst carrying out repairs nearby. When antiquarian G.H. Kinahan visited the site in 1889, he could only piece together its appearance from local accounts and perhaps scattered stones that remained; he described it as a ‘fosleac’, a dwelling constructed from flag stones, running nearly north to south with six uprights supporting the massive cover stone. His measurements differed slightly from the earlier OS account, suggesting the uncertainty that already surrounded the monument’s original form.

By 1952, all that remained was an oval mound with a recently dug pit at its centre, and no structural remains were visible. Today, the site where this megalithic tomb once stood is overgrown with furze bushes, its ancient stones long vanished. The monument joins countless other Irish megalithic sites that survive only in historical records, their physical presence erased but their memory preserved through the meticulous documentation of 19th century surveyors and antiquarians.