<< Our Photo Pages >> Crannagh - Portal Tomb in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Galway
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: CrannaghCountry: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Galway Type: Portal Tomb
Nearest Town: Gort
Map Ref: M425057
Discovery Map Number: D52
Latitude: 53.099075N Longitude: 8.859135W
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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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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 |
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1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Visible from a lane running E from a by-road, opposite Caherglassaun Lough, this very picturesque tomb is probably best viewed from afar. It is sited on a stretch of Burren-type limestone , at the NNE end of a cairn some 22 metres long. Two tall portal-stones and a backstone precariously support a tilted capstone 3.5 metres long.
~ 800 metres S in Ballynastaig, is a wedge-tomb roofed with a single massive stone.
~ 400 metres W, to the N of the lane approaching Crannagh dolmen is Ballynastaig stone fort. In it is a wall-chamber, and a lintelledd passage with steps which may have been a well, or a flooded souterrain.
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