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'Glencolmcille - station 1' : Court Tomb

TownlandStraid
CountyDonegal
Grid RefG 535 850
Longitude8° 43' 17.5" W
Latitude54° 42' 38.96" N
Nearest TownCarrick (8.3 Km)
OS Sheet10
UTM zone29U
UTM x517941.38533203
UTM y6062648.5033988

This is a subsite of:

Glencolumbkille - Gleanncholmcille - Monastic Settlement
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Visit Notes

Thursday, 1st January 2004

This is the first staion on the Turas and utilises the very poor remains of a court tomb.

It is situated next to a church next to the road. A small kneeling place is built into the west site of the structure.

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