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Loughmoney : Portal Tomb

CountyDown
Grid RefJ 540 464
Longitude5° 37' 53.83" W
Latitude54° 20' 34.57" N
Nearest TownDownpatrick (5.6 Km)
OS Sheet21
UTM zone30U
UTM x328938.75113265
UTM y6024870.7377543
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Visit Notes

Saturday, 2nd March 2002

There is not really a lot to say about this little tomb that the pictures do not already relay. There are just two wall slabs, maybe .9m high and a captone that projects out beyond them forming an open ended chamber about 1m wide by 1.2m long.

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Directions

Take the A25 north east from Downpatrick and take th fourth right hand turn. Bear to the left and continue to a t-junction. Turn left and then second right. At the next cross roads turn left and you will be passing quite a high wall on your left obscurring the view of the dolmen. Stop here somewhere and peer over the wall.

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1.8 Km (SSW) there is a Court Tomb at Ballyalton.
9.4 Km (ENE) there is a Wedge Tomb at Millin Bay.
3.6 Km (SW) there is a Holy Well at Struell Wells.
7.2 Km (SSE) there is a Bullaun Stone at Chapeltown.
4.6 Km (NNE) there is a Court Tomb at Audleystown.

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