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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Aghnacliff Alternative Name: AughnacliffeCountry: 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
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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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 |
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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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