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Ballyvoy : Court Tomb

CountyAntrim
Grid RefD 158 417
GPSD 15797 41712 (5m)
Longitude6° 10' 50.73" W
Latitude55° 12' 32" N
Nearest TownArmoy (12.7 Km)
OS Sheet5
UTM zone29U
UTM x679379.37155289
UTM y6121662.2492044

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Ballyvoy - Passage Tomb
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 18th February 2007

This is a fairly ruinous site. Only orthostats from the gallery remain - the court having gone. The gallery is aligned northeast-southwest with the entrance probably at the southwest end. To the northeast of the monument a rocky outcrop rises up. On the top of this there are the remains of a passage tomb.

The gallery is roughly 8m long and 1.5m wide. The tallest orthostat is 1m tall. The whole monument is built on a fairly severe slope making its profile very odd to look at. The rocky ridge that rises up behind the tomb adds to the off effect.

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