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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Altdrumman Alternative Name: The Cloghogle (cloch togálachCountry: Ireland (Northern)
NOTE: This site is 1.26 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Co. Tyrone Type: Portal Tomb
Nearest Village: Milltown-Loughmacror
Map Ref: H577768
Discoverer Map Number: D13
Latitude: 54.636076N Longitude: 7.107193W
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 |
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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 |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Portal Tomb in Co. Tyrone
Marked as “Chambered Grave” on the map, this picturesque dolmen resembles the much larger one at Carrickglass, Sligo, both for the herbage growing on the massive capstone, and for the relative smallness of the supporting stones – which are not as tall as the one-metre-thick capstone.
~ 1.2 km NE, to the E of a by-road in Loughmacrory is a fine wedge-tomb known as Dermot and Grania’s bed, offering fine views. Four of its 5 roofstones are in place, much of the cairn survives, and the entrance to the antechamber or portico has a dividing-stone similar to that at Dunnamore. A hawthorn-tree now grows picturesquely out of the gallery.
~ 800 metres E by N of the portal-tomb, also in Loughmacrory, immediately SW of a by-road,are the impressive remains of a court-tomb, stretching some 25 metres back from the road. Much of the cairn and kerb survive. At the SW end are the apparent remains of 2 subsidiary chambers.
~ 850 metres N by E of Altdrumman portal-tomb, 140metres E of Lough Fingrean, is another intact court-tomb (with roofstones). and 130 metres S of this a kist whose large capstone only is visible on top of a low mound.
~ 7.2 km SE of the portal-tomb is another portal-tomb at Athenree (also marked “Chambered Grave”), 300 metres behind (E of) Termon House, approached by a private track from the stableyard. Before one of the portal-stones crumbled away under the weight of the enormous capstone (4.8 x 3.6 metres and 1 metre thick), it must have been quite magnificent
Note: Photo © Anthony Weir
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