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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: BaltinglassCountry: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Wicklow Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Baltinglass Nearest Village: Coolinarrig Upper
Map Ref: S8855289249
Discovery Map Number: D61
Latitude: 52.947056N Longitude: 6.68339W
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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 |
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On the top of Baltinglass Hill, approached from a narrow by-road to the NE of the hill, this large complex has a massive surrounding wall – which is modern. A large cairn some 27 metres in diameter, robbed for wall-building, still retains most of its internal features. There is a beehive-shaped chamber which the excavator considered contemporary with Tomb I (largely overlaid by Tomb II, a central chamber surrounded by 5 side-chambers, whose gallery is overlaid by Tomb III), and a ruined kist which is at least as recent as Tomb III.
~ 4.8 km S by E of Baltinglass village, in Broughillstown, to the N of Broughillstown House and 80 metres E of the main road to Tullow. is a grooved standing-stone 1.5 metres high, which, like that at Ardristan, belongs to the Carlow-Wicklow-Kildare group.
~ 7.2 km ESE of Baltinglass village , in front of Humewood Castle, is a prostrate stone 1.5 metres long, decorated with cup-and-ring designs.
~ 7.5 km NE of Baltinglass village is Castleruddery stone circle.
~ 15.5 km NNE of Baltinglass village is Athgreany stone circle.
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