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bawn79 Sep 22, 2009 13:53:45
Replying to bawn79

bawn79 wrote:
TheStandingStone wrote:
No, there are only two listed and they are both unclassified and described as being in a poor condition which is half the reason I want to get there since they are rare in Offaly...I have read elsewhere that there are a few mounds which are likely to have tombs underneath but these remain unexcavated.
The mounds sound very interesting, good work.
By the way are those mounds fairly big?

T TheStandingStone
TheStandingStone Sep 22, 2009 16:43:01
Replying to bawn79

The first is Croghan Hill which is on here (I think you added that site). The other is a tumulus at Forelacka which 19.2m in diameter. Forelacka is somewhere near Kinnity, the OS reference is N208 032. I haven't been to either of these sites but I'm hoping to get to Forelacka soon enough since it's around the corner from me. I have also read that Forelacka has evidence of kerbing and may be a passage tomb....the archaeological inventory has none of this information.