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Lemgare : Court Tomb

CountyMonaghan
Grid RefH 800 283
Longitude6° 46' 26.7" W
Latitude54° 11' 50.34" N
Nearest TownKeady (7.3 Km)
OS Sheets28, 28B
UTM zone29U
UTM x645205.41458945
UTM y6007763.5547866
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 1st September 2002

This seemed like a good place to meet up and so we met up here. After waiting about ten minutes for me to arrive (I forgot to add in 'stuck behind tractor' factor), myself and Anthony headed up to this tomb, knowing only that it was a court with cairn.

Well, it's a court filled with cairn material and a couple of stones from the gallery. The cairn is extensive, but covered with thorn trees. The remains of the chamber are slight and only about four court stones poke through the debris.

There is an interesting piece of antique farm machinery just plonked on top of where the court should be. This looked more like an item of medieval torture than anything else.

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