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Sandville : Portal Tomb

CountyDerry
Grid RefC 388 049
GPSC 038834 04913 (7m)
Longitude7° 23' 41.1" W
Latitude54° 53' 25.3" N
Nearest TownArtigarvan (3.9 Km)
OS Sheet7
UTM zone29U
UTM x602960.80752479
UTM y6083770.9377249
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 29th October 2006

The OS map has this site marked as 'Standing Stones'. The inventory has them down as the possible remains of a portal tomb.

The two stones are said to stradled a field boundary, but I could only see one stone here. The other may now be hidden in the gorse that is enveloping the visible stone. This stone certainly does look as though it could be a portal stone. It is over 2m tall and slab-like. The only thing that speaks against it being from a portal tomb is that the entrance would have faced north or south, which would be quite unusual.

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