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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Balix Lower
Country: Ireland (Northern) County: Co. Tyrone Type: Court Tomb
 Nearest Village: Plumbridge
Map Ref: H488946
Discoverer Map Number: D13
Latitude: 54.796896N  Longitude: 7.242027W
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
 3

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Balix Lower
Balix Lower submitted by Anthony_Weir : Scan of colour slide from the 1980s (Vote or comment on this photo)
Court Tomb in Co. Tyrone. 300 metres up a hill from a two-storey farmhouse to the W of a by-road, is a tomb with a V-shaped forecourt leading into a (probable) two-chambered gallery which ends in a high-pointed backstone.

The N arm of the forecourt leads to an entrance-sill, and the S arm leads to the middle of the S entry-jamb.

~ 1.7km SSE is Clogherny wedge-tomb and stone circle (H 488945) –monuments best looked for on a good day. The wedge-tomb, set in a round cairn, has a straight façade and one surviving roofstone. The gallery is segmented by jamb-stones and both ends are closed by door-slabs. Surrounding it is a circle of 17 low stones about 90 cms high, wityh a diameter of 18 metres. The whole monument is an interesting fusion of court-tomb, wedge-tomb and stone circle.
Circles of small stones are common in this area, often with alignments or stone-rows and sometimes with cairns.
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Balix Lower
Balix Lower submitted by JAGamble : The view of the site from the East shows the length of the structure and its pointed back stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Balix Lower
Balix Lower submitted by JAGamble : Picture of the site taken in July 2021. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
H4894 : Clogherny Chambered Grave by Kenneth Allen
by Kenneth Allen
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H4894 : Clogherny Chambered Grave (close-up) by Kenneth Allen
by Kenneth Allen
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H4994 : Bradkeel Road by Kenneth Allen
by Kenneth Allen
©2006(licence)
H4894 : Old farmhouse at Glenga by Kenneth Allen
by Kenneth Allen
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H4994 : Clogherny Wedge Tomb sign by Kenneth Allen
by Kenneth Allen
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 2.1km SSE 162° Aghalane bronze age complex standing stone N* Standing Stone (Menhir) (H49489260)
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 2.1km NNE 20° Doorat SE Stone Row / Alignment (H495966)
 2.1km SSE 163° Aghalane bronze age complex cist W* Cist (H49469258)
 2.1km SSE 162° Aghalane bronze age complex cist E* Cist (H49479258)
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 2.3km NNE 13° Doorat SE, NE Stone Circle (H493968)
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 2.3km NNE 12° Doorat NW, E Stone Circle (H49249688)
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 2.3km NNE 12° Doorat SE, SW Stone Circle (H49249688)
 2.5km WNW 285° Balix standing stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (H46369523)
 2.6km SE 126° Bradkeel cashel* Stone Fort or Dun (H50939310)
 2.6km SE 127° Bradkeel standing stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (H50959304)
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Re: Balix Lower by JAGamble on Sunday, 10 October 2021
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A more accurate location is the Irish grid reference "H 48368 96317". This places the site across the road on the other side of the valley.
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Re: Balix Lower by Andy B on Tuesday, 15 February 2005
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A simple mistake, now fixed.
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Re: Balix Lower by enkidu41 on Tuesday, 15 February 2005
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It is ridiculous but all "artificial" land partitions are ridiculous - except to those (or a majority of those) who live there. Think of Pakistan/India, Czech Reublic/Slovak Republic, Israel. At the time of partition they were invariably thought of as the best solution and not just by the partitioners!
Rest assured, politicians will ensure that it'll happen again.

Guedalla (1889-1944) "History repeats itself".
Hegel (1770-1831) "...nations and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it."

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Re: Balix Lower by Anonymous on Tuesday, 15 February 2005
Hi Folks,

Call me pedantic but Co Tyrone is not in Eire (S. Ireland) It is still (sadly) in the UK, in Northern Ireland.

The Irish political/geographical divisions seem to cause immense confusion but here are the facts as they stand:
* Ireland is divided into 32 counties which are grouped into four provinces; Leinster, Munster, Connacht and Ulster.
* Counties fit neatly into their containing provinces. There is no such thing as a county that straddles two provinces.
* The province of Ulster covers pretty much the whole north of the island of Ireland.
* Ulster contains nine counties: Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Armagh, Antrim, Derry and Down.
* Three of those counties (Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal) are in the Republic of Ireland whilst the other six are in Northern Ireland, which is in the UK ("The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".) This is why Northern Ireland is sometimes known as "The Six Counties."

Ridiculous, isn't it? Whilst one would call you mad if you floated the idea of a county that was split between two provinces, it seems perfectly acceptable to have a province split between two different sovereign countries!
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