Moylehid

Also known as:
Eagle's Knoll
Nearest town:
Swanlinbar (15km SE)
OS reference:
H150416
OS sheet:
17
Latitude:
54° 19' 22.95 N
Longitude:
7° 46' 13.44 W
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Images

Image of Moylehid (Passage Grave) by ryaner

Beads from the Moylehid passage tomb, unearthed by Plunkett during his excavation over four days in 1894, now in the National Museum of Ireland in Kildare Street, Dublin.

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ryaner
ryaner Sep 7, 2019
Image of Moylehid (Passage Grave) by ryaner

The slab on the left is a passage roofstone, now displaced. The passage itself is not visible.

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ryaner
ryaner Sep 7, 2019
Image of Moylehid (Passage Grave) by ryaner

All three chambers are visible in this shot, eastern nearest.

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ryaner
ryaner Sep 7, 2019
Image of Moylehid (Passage Grave) by ryaner

Eastern chamber in this cruciform passage tomb.

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ryaner Sep 7, 2019
Image of Moylehid (Passage Grave) by ryaner

Pano taken from the south. The prominence that the Eagle’s Knoll passage tomb is on falls sharply to the east (right). You need to be sure-footed on the cairn in that vicinity.

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ryaner
ryaner Sep 7, 2019
Image of Moylehid (Passage Grave) by ryaner

Small, back chamber at the south of the tomb. I initially thought this was the passage. The eastern chamber is top right.

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ryaner
ryaner Sep 7, 2019

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