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'The Rocking Stone' : Portal Tomb

TownlandKillynaght
CountyDerry
Grid RefC 391 011
GPSC 39106 01099 (8m)
Longitude7° 23' 27.7" W
Latitude54° 51' 21.88" N
Nearest TownArtigarvan (1 Km)
OS Sheet7
UTM zone29U
UTM x603287.16617917
UTM y6079961.9646871
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 29th October 2006

There's not a lot left of this tomb. A large capsone rest on the flattened remains of the chamber. The capstone is 1m thick and approximately 2m square. Apart from one direction being blocked by a bungalow the views are quite extensive from its low ridge-top position.

The monument is just 50m from the nearest road and easy to see from the gate into the field. I'm not sure it's worth the effort of climbing over the gate, though.

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