<< Text Pages >> Stroove Standing Stones - Chambered Tomb in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Donegal
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Stroove Standing Stones Alternative Name: StrooveCountry: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 8.716 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Co. Donegal Type: Chambered Tomb
Map Ref: C673430
Discovery Map Number: D03
Latitude: 55.229438N Longitude: 6.943068W
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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Pair of Standing Stones in Co.Donegal. These 2 standing stones, 1'6" apart, are aligned E/W. They are probably the remains of a megalithic tomb. Sketches drawn in 1847 showed the existence of a gallery.
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