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| BALLYNAGEERAGH PORTAL TOMB |
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| PHOTO Pip POWELL 2008 |
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| Located in pasture on a broad plateau and marked on the OSI map as "Cromlech", stands this wonderful portal tomb which is 200m south-west of a head water of the Annestown River (Sruh Bhun Abha). Its oval capstone which measures 4m in length, 2.65m in width, and 0.7m in depth, is resting on the door-stone and back-stone. A cushion-stone rests between the capstone and the back-stone. The tomb, which faces south-west, lacks portal-stones but the side-stones are present. Excavated in 1939-40 when cremated bone, flint and charcoal were found in the chamber and now has a concrete pillar supporting the capstone at the rear. |
| CO-ORDINATES 52 10’ 39.728”N…7 16’ 36.828”W |