Dunhill

Portal Tomb

Situated about 200 metres west of Annestown Stream is Dunhill Portal Tomb. It is not the finest example of this type of monument. The nearby Gaulstown and Knockeen tombs are far more interesting. Nevertheless you have to be impressed by the size of the boulder like capstone. It measures approximately 4m x 2.7m and T 1.2 metres. It rests on one of the portal stones, the other may be lying underneath the capstone. There are numerous other stones scattered around and also beneath the monument but these maybe field clearance.

From the rear the monument looks like a huge glacial erratic. In the image below you can see the portal stone sticking out from the right-hand side of the boulder and beneath it you can see some more stones, that may have been part of the monument.