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<< Text Pages >> Carn Beg - Stone Circle in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Louth

Submitted by Tom_Bullock on Sunday, 14 July 2002  Page Views: 14184

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Carn Beg Alternative Name: Ballynahatne
Country: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 3.367 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Co. Louth Type: Stone Circle

Discovery Map Number: D36
Latitude: 54.029000N  Longitude: 6.4113W
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
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
4

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
J0410 : Carnbeg, near Dundalk; a range of farm buildings. by Dr Charles Nelson
by Dr Charles Nelson
©2005(licence)
J0409 : Railway Bridge on R177 by Terry Stewart
by Terry Stewart
©2007(licence)
J0310 : The south-bound carriageway of the M1 at Carn More by Eric Jones
by Eric Jones
©2013(licence)
J0310 : Motorway bridge (M1) by Terry Stewart
by Terry Stewart
©2007(licence)
J0310 : The M1 north of Castletown by Eric Jones
by Eric Jones
©2012(licence)

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Re: Ballynahattin by ArchAstro on Friday, 22 May 2020
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Nothing remains to be seen of this once magnificent megalithic monument. We do have an aerial photo of a cropmark and a drawing from the 1700's. Here's a link to a video on the Archaeoastronomy Database investigating the approximate position, the surrounding landscape, and possible alignments:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EphwTfwBTwM
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Re: Ballynahattin by Mythical_Ireland on Thursday, 19 August 2004
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A huge Irish monument once dubbed Ireland's "Stonehenge", may at one time have been a "school of astronomy", where ancient skywatchers studied the risings of various heavenly bodies during the year. The ancient ceremonial enclosure, at Ballynahattin just north of Dundalk, Co. Louth, was recorded by Thomas Wright in 1758 in his 'Louthiana', a survey of castles, antiquities and ancient remains of County Louth. Click here for information and photographs
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