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Dunteige : Court Tomb

CountyAntrim
Grid RefD 323 085
Longitude5° 56' 13.41" W
Latitude54° 54' 23.69" N
Nearest TownBallygalley (5 Km)
OS Sheet9
UTM zone30U
UTM x311712.33104997
UTM y6088346.1247765
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 25th February 2007

This is one very ruined site. I'm only guessing that it was once a court tomb. The State Monuments Register simply says it's a 'megalith'.

I was unable to get to the monument itself and had to settle for looking at it from about 60m away over a fence/wall/electric fence combo that I didn't think I could safely cross. There appear to be about 4 stones standing upright and from their slender appearance look like the remains of the court.

The site is on the southern slopes of Carigy Hill and Slemish can be seen to the southwest.

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A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments

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500 m (S) there is a Wedge Tomb at Dunteige.
509.9 m (SSE) there is a Cross-Inscribed Stone at Dunteige.
6.6 Km (WNW) there is a Stone Pair at Antynanum known as The Maidens.
2.4 Km (NNW) there is a Wedge Tomb at Goakstown.
1.4 Km (SE) there is a Cairn at Ballycoos.

A Selection of Other Court Tombs

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