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<< Our Photo Pages >> Kilfeaghan - Portal Tomb in Ireland (Northern) in Co. Down

Submitted by Anthony_Weir on Monday, 14 October 2002  Page Views: 7042

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kilfeaghan
Country: Ireland (Northern) County: Co. Down Type: Portal Tomb
Nearest Town: Kilkeel  Nearest Village: Rostrevor
Map Ref: J232154
Discoverer Map Number: D29
Latitude: 54.073068N  Longitude: 6.118665W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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Kilfeaghan submitted by ainsloch : This is a beast of a dolmen; a must see if you are in the area (Vote or comment on this photo)
Portal Tomb in Co. Down

Off a lane leading N from the Newry-Kilkeel road, this granite dolmen looks like a giant tortoise, with a big capstone 2 metres long and 1 metre thick, and orthostats half buried in field stones and cairn material. An early account states that the cairn (now mostly disappeared) extended for over 7 metres in front of the N-facing chamber, so that there might once have been a façade similar to that of the court-tombs.

~ 5.6 miles E by S, in Dunnaman just to the E of a churchyard behind the hamlet of Massfort are the sizeable remains of a court-tomb with a 4-chambered gallery but no surviving forecourt or cairn.

~ 7.6 km E by S, in a hidden tarred lane in 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. Known as "The Crawtree [Elder] Stone" it is over 2 metres high, with a capstone
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Kilfeaghan
Kilfeaghan submitted by MAIGO : The back of the Elephant tortoise... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kilfeaghan
Kilfeaghan submitted by MAIGO : This stone looks like a Elephant tortoise! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kilfeaghan
Kilfeaghan submitted by durhamnature : Old drawing from Ulster Naturalists via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

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J2315 : Path through a hayfield leading to the Kilfeaghan Dolmen by Eric Jones
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J2315 : A lush hay field next to the Kilfeaghan Dolmen by Eric Jones
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J2315 : The Kilfeaghan Dolmen by Eric Jones
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J2315 : Kilfeaghan Dolmen by David Crozier
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J2315 : The narrow coastal plain between the Western Mournes and Carlingford Lough by Eric Jones
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