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Ballynahown : Wedge Tomb

CountyClare
Grid RefM 108 029
GPSM 10769 02873 (5m)
Longitude9° 19' 52.94" W
Latitude53° 4' 8.61" N
Nearest TownLisdoonvarna (5.2 Km)
OS Sheet51
UTM zone29U
UTM x477797.02295038
UTM y5880004.2167102
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Visit Notes

Monday, 7th June 2004

This was really hard to find mainly because it is right against the west side of a wall and the approach is from the east. Oh, and the official co-ordinates are 200m out!

All that remains is the west wall slab, which is 3.5m long and 1.3m tall. It is just 1.5m from the wall and parallel to it. A stone runs at ground level between the north end of the slab and the wall. This could be the backstone broken off at ground level.

About 4m north of the site is a depression in the bedrock similar to the one that Ballynahown (County Clare) is built in.

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