MEGALITHIC MONUMENTS
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| GAULSTOWN PORTAL TOMB |
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| PHOTO by Pip POWELL 2008 |
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| This fantastic portal tomb is located in scrub at the bottom of a steep north facing slope, at a junction with a gentler slope and now in its own small public enclosure. The tomb is constructed of a local stone and is complete facing SE into the hillside. The rectangular capstone measures 4.2m in length,2.55m in width and 1m in depth, is resting on two portal-stones and a back-stone, with two side-stones and a sill-stone. A cist 8m to SW may have shared the same cairn as this portal tomb. |
| CO-ORDINATES 52 12' 20.659"N...7 12' 38.425"W |
