From the R113 in south Dublin follow the signs for the Wicklow Way and park in the car park at O150 245. There are some steps in the car park that lead onto the track above. Directly above these steps there is a path leading up into the trees. This tomb is about 50m up this track.
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The cairn here is robbed out and flattened. Several kerb stones remain in place as does the floor of the cairn. The surrounding ditch and bank can still clearly be seen. The gallery walls are still evident and these are double lined, usually a style found in wedge tombs. The entrance to the rectangular chamber faces directly towards the mound at Montpelier.
The chamber appears to be no more than a widening of the passageway with the huge entrance stone is still in situ. This is a very peaceful and calming location. Despite being just 100m from a busy car park used by people setting off along the Wicklow Way any noise is cut out by the thick woods around it.
When you park just 60m from a wedge tomb to go somewhere else how can you not pop in to take another look?
Just up the hill from the car park I wonder how many of the people from the 20 cars parked below either know that this tomb is here or bother to visit it.
In order to get some better photos I climbed a couple of trees today to enable me to look down on this lovely little tomb.
A great site to take people to. It is very easy to demonstrate the triple walling of this wedge and to show how later kist burials have been inserted into the cairn.
Anthony's first vist to this odd tomb. Without the one side stone of the chamber it is difficult to grasp the form. The kist burials to the rear of the chamber still make me smile. The one in particular is a very good example.
