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Monu-Mental About Prehistoric Dublin
Monu-Mental About Prehistoric Dublin

'Pat Kearney's Big Stone' : Portal Tomb

TownlandGoward
CountyDown
Grid RefJ 244 310
GPSJ 24372 31019 (7m)
Longitude6° 5' 36.05" W
Latitude54° 12' 46.43" N
Nearest TownRathfriland (5.2 Km)
OS Sheet29
UTM zone29U
UTM x689530.64565373
UTM y6011110.4088148
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Sometimes called Pat Kearneyís Big Stone this was once called Finn McCoolís Fingerstone.

It was said that Finn McCool threw the capstone from Spelga some 3 miles away. There are marks on the capstone that were said to be left by Finn's hand when he picked it up.

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9 Km (N) there is a Stone Pair at Moneyslane.
1.4 Km (SSW) there is a Court Tomb at Goward.
7.3 Km (ENE) there is a Stone Fort at Drumena.
9.5 Km (WSW) there is a Standing Stone at Mayo known as Mayo 1.
7.4 Km (WNW) there is a Standing Stone at Barnmeen.

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