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Aghnacliff: Portal-tomb
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About 300 metres ENE of Aghnacliff church, this startling dolmen has two capstones which from the angle of approach seem to be balanced one on the other. The upper one is the larger, over 3 metres long and 1.5 metres thick, supported both by the smaller capstone beneath and by the one surviving portal-stone which is 2 metres high.
~ 1.2 km NNE in Cleenrah , in a field to the E of a tarred track, is "Dermot and Grania's Bed", a much less impressive portal-tomb. It has a large single capstone on portal-stones which are (unusually) no higher than the sidestones.
Cartronbrack: Standing-stone
5.6 km NNW of Ballymahon, to the W of a by-road, a gable-shaped slab over 2.5 metres high and almost 2 metres wide is packed at the base with one large and several small stones. ~ There are several more stones in the area, including two in Glenmore townland, one in a field in front of Glenmore House (1.5 km NW of Cartronbrack), and another near the road two fields S of Glenmore House.
Cloghchurnel: Megalithic enclosure
In a field immediately SW of a by-road and about 400 metres of the main Granard-Ballinagh road, stand 24 stones, 6 of which are upright, 7 lengthwise, and the rest fallen. They form an ellipse which has been cut by the road, and are of varying heights up to 1.5 metres. They cannot be described with certainty as a stone circle, and their interest lies mainly in their mystery. ~ 2.5 km SSE, in a field SSE of the road from Granard to Ballyjamesduff is another group of stones in Cartronbore . Of about 16 original stones only 2 now stand erect and 8 are fallen. There are small standing-stones in both of these townlands - and would be the only example of stone circles in the Irish Midlands. |
