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Hi Fourwinds,

In the photo you added of Annaghmare court tomb it looks like there's a track right up to the monument and a spot for turning. Do you think its possible to drive down this track in a car or would you need a 4x4? Reason I'm asking is this place looks like it would be excellent for night time long exposures, I'm trying to find somewhere where there are no towns around that might cause red glows in the sky.

Cheers :)

You can drive right up to it along a tarmac road. There are two gates, one at the edge of the forest and one a little further on. I have seen the outer one locked before, but it was wide open when I was there on Sunday. There is a cottage along the track that seems to have recently been bought. The drive is being badly landscaped at the moment, but I don't think you'd be waking anyone up as the cottage is still a (presumably unliveable in) kip. You will have to take two wheels off the road at the moment though as whoever is building the walls has left a couple of huge boulders in the road. Alternatively you could park by the cottage and walk the 300m or so to the tomb. It's a wonderful place. As the tomb is built on a small rise and the trees are well back from it you should get some good sky behind it.