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Gorteen : Portal Tomb

CountySligo
Grid RefG 738 510
Longitude8° 24' 12.68" W
Latitude54° 24' 24.59" N
Nearest TownGrange (7.8 Km)
OS Sheet16
UTM zone29U
UTM x538716.36987632
UTM y6028951.260004
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 17th August 2003

This one is a completely collapsed mess. The only stone that can be identified for definite is one portal stone, because it is nearly standing up still.

Several thorn trees add further complication to the monument, because they have pushed the stones about as they've grown through the remains.

It stands in some very, very boggy and reedy land. I got soaked reaching it following a very heavy downpour. Except to tick this one off the list it wasn't worth the effort, apart from one thing.

Ages ago I drove down a road near here and noticed Benwiskin Mountain. This to me looks like a tormented head screaming, forcing its face towards the sky. It immediately struck me a very powerful image and I felt sure that it must have been revered in the distant past. Well, from this location the effect is even more dramatic.

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