Passage Tomb by Skregg
The Passage Tomb of Skregg (also Scregg ; Irish An Screig ) is located on a hill in the townland of Scregg, south of the village Knockcroghery ( Irish Cnoc an Chrochaire ), west of the N61 in County Roscommon in Ireland . The classic Passage Tomb is a form of the megalithic complex that is characteristic of Northern Ireland and the north of the Republic of Ireland in 219 specimens and also occurs in Leinster , Munster and, in a few specimens, in Great Britain .
The Passage Tomb consists of the remains of a trapezoidal chamber about 1.6 meters long and 1.4 meters wide, which is formed by four bearing stones and a capstone (known locally as The Cloghogle ). The capstone is about 2.3 m long, 1.6 m wide and 1.2 m thick. There is a small access gap to the chamber, to the southeast. Curbs of the hill are about 3.0 m away from the chamber in the south, west and north. Scattered around the hill are large rocks that may be remnants of the cairn .
Two Sheela-na gigs are located, probably not at the original location, at the Scregg House, 700 m away, which was built in 1767.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 32 '52.3 " N , 8 ° 6' 40.9" W.