<< Our Photo Pages >> Wateresk Dolmen - Portal Tomb in Ireland (Northern) in Co. Down
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Wateresk DolmenCountry: Ireland (Northern)
NOTE: This site is 2.348 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Co. Down Type: Portal Tomb
Nearest Town: Newcastle Nearest Village: Dundrum
Map Ref: J3936234386
Discoverer Map Number: D29
Latitude: 54.239402N Longitude: 5.863175W
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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MacNeighill visited on 25th May 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3
Stone Free visited on 8th Feb 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4 Access: 3.5
The capstone fits very neatly into a concavity in the smaller portal-stone, echoing other megaliths in South Down. The chamber is no longer definable.
~ 400 metres SW to the E of a by-road are the remains of another megalithic tomb with a portal-stone 2.7 metres high and carved with the name of Jeremiah Atkins.
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