Tullyoran Court Tomb

TullyOran (Irish: Tulaigh Odhráin, meaning "Odhran’s hill") is a townland nearby Mohill town, county Leitrim, in Ireland. Tullyoran Court Tomb is an ancient megalithic tomb located here.

Tullyoran is a townland in the Barony of Mohill, in county Leitrim, in Ireland. It is located 1.3 kilometres (0.8 mi) east of Mohill, stands about 1.4 kilometres (0.9 mi) north of the R201 road (Ireland), connecting the towns of Mohill and Carrigallen, and close to the western edge of a limestone quarry. The land is pasture and meadow with some tillage with trees growing in sheltered locations. The view to the north presents the distant Cuilcagh mountains are visible on the skyline. There is a reported ringfort situated at the centre of the townland. The rock is limestone, light gray, and very fossiliferous.

The ancient "Tullyoran Court tomb" is situated on level pasture land surrounded by drumlins. The monument is badly ruined, consisting of seven set stones and two erect stones, brought together into an irregularly shaped mound, reaching a maximum height of 0.5 metres (1 ft 7.7 in), with a length of 9 metres (29.5 ft) north to south and a width of 5 metres (16.4 ft) east to west. The remains of this Court tomb are interpreted as having an asymmetrical court with one arm curving out and another arm running straight from the entrance.

The three set stones, on the east, might have been part of a curved line of the court. The furthest stone on the east is 0.6 metres (1 ft 11.6 in) long by 0.24 metres (9.4 in) thick, and being only 10 centimetres (3.9 in) high might mean it was the stump of a taller stone. The adjacent stone is 1.05 metres (3 ft 5.3 in) long, by 0.4 metres (1 ft 3.7 in) in thick, and about 0.7 metres (2 ft 3.6 in) in height. The third is a tall pillar-like stone measuring 0.7 metres (2 ft 3.6 in) by 0.5 metres (1 ft 7.7 in) and 0.5 metres (1 ft 7.7 in) in height, perhaps remnants of the entrance to a now destroyed gallery. Opposite, and 0.9 metres (2 ft 11.4 in) to the west, is another stone 1.2 metres (3 ft 11.2 in) long, 0.35 metres (1 ft 1.8 in) thick, and about 1.2 metres (3 ft 11.2 in) in height, which may mark the other side of the supposed entrance.

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