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Ballygraffan : Portal Tomb

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Grid RefJ 473 672
GPSJ 47332 67215 (7m)
Longitude5° 43' 25.44" W
Latitude54° 31' 54.36" N
Nearest TownComber (2.5 Km)
OS Sheets15, 21
UTM zone30U
UTM x323765.356511
UTM y6046101.7093612
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 12th February 2006

When you approach this tomb across the field your hopes are built up that you are about to see a really nice tomb. It is surrounded by a modern low drystone wall and the chunky capstone stands very proud of it. However, when you reach the tomb and look inside the enclosure it is a somewhat defalting experience. Sadly the capstone is simply sitting on top of a pile of rocks not a structure.

The capstone does look like a mini version of the massive capstone at Browne's Hill (County Carlow), though. This would have looked really impressive when it was intact.

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