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<< Our Photo Pages >> Aghnacliff - Portal Tomb in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Longford

Submitted by Anthony_Weir on Sunday, 13 October 2002  Page Views:

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Aghnacliff Alternative Name: Aughnacliffe
Country: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 4.229 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Co. Longford Type: Portal Tomb
Nearest Town: Granard  Nearest Village: Aghnacliff
Map Ref: N263884
Discovery Map Number: D34
Latitude: 53.844552N  Longitude: 7.601179W
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.
5 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
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Aghnacliff
Aghnacliff submitted by PaulH : Some more views of Agnacliff from last year. Excuse intrusive Duchas sign ! Gives some idea of the surroundings. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Portal Tomb in Co. Longford

About 300 metres ENE of Aghnacliff church, this startling dolmen has two capstones which from the angle of approach seem to be balanced one on the other. The upper one is the larger, over 3 metres long and 1.5 metres thick, supported both by the smaller capstone beneath and by the one surviving portal-stone which is 2 metres high.

~ 1.2 km NNE in Cleenrah, in a field to the E of a tarred track, is “Dermot and Grania’s Bed”, another portal-tomb. It has a large single capstone on portal-stones which are (unusually) no higher than the sidestones.
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Aghnacliff
Aghnacliff submitted by PaulH : Some more views of Agnacliff from last year. Excuse intrusive Duchas sign ! Gives some idea of the surroundings. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Aghnacliff
Aghnacliff submitted by Anthony_Weir : Scan of colour slide from the 1970/80s (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Aghnacliff
Aghnacliff submitted by PaulH : Some more views of Agnacliff from last year. Excuse intrusive Duchas sign ! Gives some idea of the surroundings. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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