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Eshwary : Court Tomb

CountyArmagh
Grid RefJ 027 286
Longitude6° 25' 34.52" W
Latitude54° 11' 45.49" N
Nearest TownNewry (6.3 Km)
OS Sheet29
UTM zone29U
UTM x667896.54509005
UTM y6008384.8979366
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 3rd March 2002

This is classified as a court tomb although it is really impossible to say. It could be a stone circle, but it probably is a court. From the slight angles of the two remaining stones the chambers would be under where the nearby road is and the court would have opened to the south-east.

All that remains now is two of the court slabs and a small stone lying recumbent where the entrance to the chambers would have been.

The two remaining uprights are just .8m tall and so this may have been of a similar size to nearby Ballymacdermot (County Armagh).

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Directions

From Newry take the A25 west until you reach Carnlough and turn right. Take the first left and then go left again at the next junction These stones are about 400m along on the left.

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