ballybriest court and wedge tomb

Sadly, land clearance in the 18 or 19th century removed the northern half of the monument, roughly down its central axis, and what can be made out from the obscuring clutter of field-wall stones is the southern half of the eastern forecourt and its accompanying double-chambered gallery, as well as the southern part of the forecourt of the western tomb. Excavations in 1937 revealed a black layer in the eastern forecourt containing burnt bone and pottery sherds, and covering further Neolithic pottery underneath. On lower ground, and about 150 yards to the south-west, are the remains of a wedge-tomb dug out of the bog, showing that it was built before the bog began to grow around the second millennium B.C.