Lissava

Nearest town:
Caher (2km ENE)
OS reference:
S025247
OS sheet:
74
Latitude:
52° 22' 26.32 N
Longitude:
7° 57' 47.84 W
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Image of Lissava (Portal Tomb) by bawn79

The general area where the tomb is, the type of foliage near it may be of help in locating it.

Image credit: Bawn79 © 2009
bawn79
bawn79 Jan 2, 2009

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Lissava

bawn79
bawn79 Jan 30, 2007

This tomb no longer appears to be with us.
With the construction of the M8 the site of this is difficult to get to.
I’ve been up here twice and Im fairly satisfied that it is no longer here. It is in a pine plantation and there is a little mound roughly in the area where I think it may have been.
As they say better men than me are welcome to try!

Well I was wrong about this site, I attended a talk about prehistoric sites in the Suir Valley and this appeared on it with a picture and everything. So this made me even more determined to find it.
It is very tough to find even with the ten digit OS grid ref.
It is in a kind of forest area with loads of different types of trees etc and no paths to it.
There does seem to be various paths through the forest but they dont go to this so it makes it even more confusing.
I believe it is listed as a possible Portal Tomb, Im not sure why that is so. although in fairness its state of repair at the moment is poor. There seems to be only a capstone and one small upright remaining. There is also some quartz stone in the vicinity.
Apologies about the pictures, I will get a few better ones another day, if I can find it again!

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Jan 2007

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