Haroldstown Portal Tomb

This is a Portal Tomb, which comprises of two roof stones on ten supporting uprights reaching to about 1.8 metres in height. It has been said that for a period in the mid 19th century that a family set up home in the tomb. For that period of occupation the gaps in the tomb would have been filled with mud and other material to try and make it is as warm and weatherproof as possible. It is estimated that Portal tombs such as this date to the Neolithic period between 4,200 –2,400 BC.

Getting there

The site is close to the town of Tullow in County Carlow. From Tankardstown Cross, travel east on N81 and then onto the R727. It is not far from the close Acaun BridgeThe tomb stands in a field south of the old bridge over the Derreen river close to Raheen on the R727.

Links and Image: Carlow Tourism information and image courtesy of them.