<< Our Photo Pages >> Ballyrusley - Stone Row / Alignment in Ireland (Northern) in Co. Down
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ballyrusley Alternative Name: BallyrusheyCountry: Ireland (Northern)
NOTE: This site is 8.607 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Co. Down Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Portaferry
Map Ref: J6262052280
Latitude: 54.393151N Longitude: 5.497051W
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 |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 | 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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A short uphill walk across a field currently in pasture.
150m to the north is Frankfort Farm, guess what it's built on top of.
The original site report is available here.
Editor's Note: Aubrey Burl has a site listed in his 'Carnac to Callanish' Stone Rows book as Ballyrushey at J626523: "A row of three Stones, two of which have fallen." We think this is the same site.
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