Description - Located within a wedge-shaped cairn, this tomb was originally about 61 m (200 ft) long. At the eastern end is the main entrance, through a small passage, which leads into an oval forecourt. Originally paved, the forecourt is very large : 17 x 10 m (56 x 33 ft). Close inspection shows a change in size of the orthostats ending the court, as if they might have been built in more than one phase.

Based on the surviving kerbstones it is estimated that the length of the original cairn was approximately 48 meters. Unfortunately the restorers have overdone their job by extending the already impressive cairn with an other 12 meters. (1)

The tomb continues on beneath a lintel stone through two successive chambers, where four cremations have been found. Even further on are the remains of a possible three more burial chambers.

During Hencken's excavations of 1935, a chalk ball was discovered at Creevykeel, it is an item similar to those found in Brittany, which may be a further confirmation that court-tombs often slightly pre-date passage-tombs. Other grave goods included Neolithic pottery, leaf-shaped flint arrowheads, hollow scrapers, and polished stone axeheads.

Astronomy:

Creevykeel Court Tomb is roughly built on an east-west axis, and apparently the stones used for the court are perfectly aligned with the constellation of Virgo between the autumn equinox and the summer solstice as they were in 3117 BCE. (1)