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Ballybrack : Portal Tomb

CountyDublin
Grid RefO 255 233
Longitude6° 7' 11.08" W
Latitude53° 14' 42.88" N
Nearest TownBray (4.5 Km)
OS Sheet50
UTM zone29U
UTM x692175.00473583
UTM y5903423.9121131
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By Henry O'Neill 1851. Labelled as 'Shanganagh Co Dublin', but definitely Ballybrack dolmen. I know this was moved so perhaps Shanganagh is the correct townland for its original position.

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Thursday, 11th April 2002

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Miscellanea

This site used to be known as The Greyhound's Bed.

A friend of my daughters told me that when they were kids and used to play around this dolmen their grandparents used to tell them that if they ran around it 10 times and then through it 10 times and looked up at the large tree opposite they would see ghosts in the tree.

Random Gazetteer

A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments

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5.4 Km (W) there is a Cross at Stepaside Public Golf Course known as Jamestown Cross.
6.3 Km (NW) there is a Standing Stone at Leopardstown.
7 Km (SW) there is a Kist at Parknasilog (Co. Wicklow).
4.8 Km (SW) there is a Rock Outcrop at Barnaslingan.
6.5 Km (WSW) there is a Miscellaneous Site at Glencullen known as Newtown Hill.

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