<< Our Photo Pages >> Proleek Dolmen - Portal Tomb in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Louth
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Proleek Dolmen Alternative Name: The Giant's Load, The Giants LoadCountry: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Louth Type: Portal Tomb
Nearest Town: Dundalk
Map Ref: J0826511033
Discovery Map Number: D29
Latitude: 54.037203N Longitude: 6.348266W
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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There are always many pebbles on top of the domed capstone: if one tossed up does not come rolling down again, the thrower will be married within twelve months!
Close by is a ruined wedge-tomb, two of whose roofstones survive.
~ 5 km ESE is a large court-tomb at Rockmarshall, about 50 metres SW of Rockmarshall House. It has a broad court of low stones, and a wide, four-chambered gallery entered through fine jamb-stones and a displaced lintel. Some kerbstones survive on the NW side, and some of the cairn on the SE.
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