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Annadorn : Portal Tomb

CountyDown
Grid RefJ 429 459
Longitude5° 48' 8.72" W
Latitude54° 20' 30.03" N
Nearest TownDownpatrick (5.9 Km)
OS Sheet21
UTM zone30U
UTM x317833.31758195
UTM y6025158.5051282
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 23rd February 2003

What a sad little tomb. If it was a portal tomb then the portal stones have long gone (one may be lying under the capstone). The capstone has many small solution pits on the upper surface, two of which appear to have been enlarged.

The two low stones that mark the chamber have some lovely hollows and bumps, but these and the under cut front edge of the capstone are all this really has to offer. The whole monument is no more that 1.2m tall and 2m x 2m at the most.

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