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Ally : Court Tomb

CountyTyrone
Grid RefH 258 725
Longitude7° 36' 2.73" W
Latitude54° 36' 0.04" N
Nearest TownCastlederg (12 Km)
OS Sheet12
UTM zone29U
UTM x590392.63589511
UTM y6051182.239286
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Visit Notes

Saturday, 4th May 2002

You would not know that this tomb stands on the ridge above you as you drive passed the horrible blue water processing plant below.

My first impression of this tomb was from the single remaining roof stone which looks like a huge trolls head complete with a fine head of hair and a wide toothless grin.

The chamber is in fair condition and one stone has some small cup marks on it. The court yard has gone and has been replaced by a round dry stone wall sheep pen.

To the rear of the cairn is a large sub chamber with the roof slab slid to one side.

The views from here are pretty good. Without the nearby water plant and the foul pine forest they would be superb!

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Monday, 4th August 2003

The huge muppet-mouthed roofstone seems to have accumulated even more vegetation. How much more can it take?. I couldn't resist popping in again as I was driving right past. The awful noise from the nearby logging activity made me leave more quickly than I'd intended.

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