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'Ballygroll 1' : Court Tomb

TownlandBallygroll
CountyDerry
Grid RefC 534 139
GPSC 53367 13859 (7m)
Longitude7° 9' 59.78" W
Latitude54° 58' 9.77" N
Nearest TownEglinton (6.4 Km)
OS Sheet7
UTM zone29U
UTM x617361.93948231
UTM y6092921.9389116

This is a subsite of:

Ballygroll Prehistoric Complex - Megalithic Complex
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 29th October 2006

This is tricky to find unless you know it's in the big pile of gorse at the far end of the northern enclosure. To get into this section follow the track that you drive up around the field to the green gate at the far end.

There is only one stone from the court remaining, but the gallery is quite good. The entrance jambs flank a low door stone, which leads into the 2.5m long gallery.

Lying close by there are several large slabs that were presumably roofstones. One of these is covered in cupmarks, a very unusual feature in a cout tomb.

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