Slieve Gullion Passage Grave

A five-thousand-year-old passage tomb close to the summit of Slieve Gullion near the Hag’s Lake in County Armagh. This is claimed to be the highest such tomb on the island of Ireland.

Archaeological work carried out in the tomb has revealed cremated bone, flint and chert flakes, and a barded and tanged arrowhead.

Leading from the entrance is a lintelled passage which opens out into a corbelled octagonal chamber. On the wall directly opposite the entrance is a small, recessed chamber.

The tomb is aligned so that the setting sun at the winter solstice full illuminates the chamber and the recess beyond.

Source: ‘Ireland’s Forgotten Past: A History of the Overlooked & Disremembered’ by Turtle Bunbury (ISBN: 978-0-500-02253-5)

Source: “The Old Stones: A Field Guide to the Megalithic Sites of Britain and Ireland” Edited by Andy Burnham (ISBN:978-1-78678-154-3)