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'Rathfran North' : Wedge Tomb

TownlandRathfran
CountyMayo
Grid RefG 184 335
Longitude9° 15' 6.63" W
Latitude54° 14' 37.59" N
Nearest TownKillala (4 Km)
OS Sheet24
UTM zone29U
UTM x483588.59035849
UTM y6010673.8554134
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 4th August 2002

This is not 'the' Rathfran wedge tomb, but one located at the road junction just north of the well known one. This one is not well known because there is nothing here to see.

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Directions

From Killala take the R314 north for around 4kms. Here the road turns sharp right, crosses a river and turns sharp left. At this bend carry straight on. Continue along this road for 2kms until you reach a cross roads. The remains of this tomb are on the south-west corner of the cross roads..

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6.3 Km (N) there is a Court Tomb at Creevagh.
800 m (E) there is a Stone Circle at Rathfran.
608.3 m (N) there is a Wedge Tomb at Breastagh.
4.6 Km (NE) there is a Holy Well at Kilcummin known as St. Cumin's Well.
5.2 Km (NNW) there is a Court Tomb at Castletown known as Castletown (E).

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