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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kilkeel
Country: Ireland (Northern) County: Co. Down Type: Portal Tomb
Nearest Town: Kilkeel
Map Ref: J307149
Discoverer Map Number: D29
Latitude: 54.066733N Longitude: 6.00438W
Condition:

5	Perfect
4	Almost Perfect
3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

4 Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0	No data.

5 Accuracy:

5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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In a hidden tarred lane in the fishing-port of Kilkeel, approached through a garage on the N side of the main street, or via Cromlech Park to the E of the road to Hilltown, this little dolmen is quaint and impressive, though incorporated into a hedge and fence.

It is over 2 metres high, with a capstone nearly 2.5 metres long, resembling the shell of a tortoise (like the Kilfeaghan portal-tomb which is 7.6 kms W by N from "The Crawtree Stone").
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J3014 : Cedar Heights viewed from Mountain Road by Eric Jones — by Eric Jones
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J3014 : A Neolithic Tomb in the back of Kilkeel's Asda by Eric Jones — by Eric Jones
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J3014 : Bend in the Aughrim River below the Mountain Road Bridge by Eric Jones — by Eric Jones
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J3015 : Aughnahoory Road at its junction with Mill Road by Eric Jones — by Eric Jones
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J3015 : Mill Road at the junction with Aughnahoory Road by Eric Jones — by Eric Jones
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