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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: AillemoreCountry: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Mayo Type: Court Tomb
Nearest Town: Galway Nearest Village: Louisburgh
Map Ref: L7613973809
Discovery Map Number: D37
Latitude: 53.699440N Longitude: 9.876113W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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The cairn rises to the top of the gallery-stones (about 1.5 metres high) and is over 16 metres long by 14 metres wide. The court is obscured by cairn material and field-fences. The outstanding feature of the tomb is the steeply-pitched, packed corbelling of large slabs on the gallery, especially on the N side. The subsidiary chamber is almost concealed by corbelling and by stray débris from the cairn.
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