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Thought id seen a lot until I visited this yesterday, stunning is all I can say, I was captivated, both by the tomb and the views from the summit, Minard wedge tomb one of the smallest wedge tombs I have visited is only 300m N/W of Puicin an Chairn, Graigue stone less than 1km, Ardmore 3 stone row plus another in the same field less than 1km, Lugnagappul Cairn & 3 Ogham stones about 1.5km and Foheraghmore standing stone about 2km distance, what a place
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Site is pretty overgrown but well worth the effort
53.04583 N
09.16747 W
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Permission to visit needed, farmer was missing but his brother lives across the road close by, a real nice gent, was not too happy about a previous gang that arrived in a minibus, blocked the drive, so he arranged a tractor so that they could not leave before contacting them, saying that he was most pleasant and brought us all the way to the tomb
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With a bit of tidying up this would be impressive, the tomb is easy to get to, not far off the roadside but almost completely enclosed in brambles in the middle of a ploughed field what a pity, if this was in France it would be a tourist attraction, If just one person in the Public Works had responsibility for this kind of work our smaller antiquities would be much more presentable in a very short time
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Went to the coordinated given last Sunday, spoke to family in house nearest that spot, they knew nothing about this Stone row so I moved on
Checking further tonight I found another possible location 400m to the N/W
Latitude: 51.849867N Longitude: 9.179094W
I will check this out some time soon and report back
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This is a very neglected site but worth visiting, it is one field above Knockshanbrittas (A) Wedge Tomb and easy to locate just inside a gate, a wall has been built around it, you can see the remains of an old gate thrown near the tomb, the chamber itself it quite large
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Scahanard Wedge tomb, Cairn & Standing stone are in the same field also known as the Bealick
Lackaduv wedge tomb is at the other side of the road on property owned by the same farmer, a very nice gent, loves to chat
Seems there is 3rd Wedge tomb not too far away at
51.96644N 9.0032W I will check this out
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Circle is badly in need of a good cleanup
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The circle is actually on the other side of the road and not as displayed on the map, next time I will save the exact coordinates.
According to the book "Sacred Ireland" there is an 11 foot pillar stone with a Ballaun up the lane behind the farmhouse just before the circle in Templebryan Monastic enclosure near a small ruined church, I did not get to visit this today
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The Coordinates I had landed me in a field at the wrong side of the road, I saved these at the stone itself
51.43.53.07 N
08.43.23.00 W
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The daughter of the landowner commented that the location was "Knockcurraghbola Crownlands" not Crowlands
A Google search would seem to indicate this is correct
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The owners of the land are more than hospitable and brought me in for tea and refreshments, very decent people
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