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Aughadanove : Portal Tomb

CountyArmagh
Grid RefJ 000 206
Longitude6° 28' 12.96" W
Latitude54° 7' 28.74" N
Nearest TownNewtownhamilton (10 Km)
OS Sheet29
UTM zone29U
UTM x665310.27488766
UTM y6000348.2516508
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Visit Notes

Saturday, 19th July 2003

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This tomb is not marked on the OS map so I thought I'd check it out. I wasn't sure if it was not marked because it was not there anymore or simply because it is right on the join between two maps. It's the latter. However, it's a ruin.

I couldn't get too close due to some moody looking cows that were intent on stopping me, but I could see that the capstone seems to lie on the ground and that no stones stand up above the grass. The capstone seems to be a rounded, possibly split, boulder and a couple of metres across.
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This just shows how wrong you can be from a distance. Apparently, the small, well defined chamber still exists and the roofstone has gone! A definite trip back is called for at some time.

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