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June 25, 2026
The stone survived being surrounded by modern housing.
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East of Bessbrook in the new Hillcrest housing development, 1.7 metres tall.
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The stone with its fairy tree attendant is middle left of this shot.
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June 24, 2026
Looking south-south-east. 200 metres that way is the Armagh/Louth border.
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The Wart Well basin – 42cm north/south, 37cm east/west and 19cm deep. Self-portrait deliberate.
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North-west over the stone towards the Kilnasaggart enclosure behind the tall trees.
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Just hearing someone has been arrested.
The northern chamber is more overgrown but matches its twin quite pleasantly on the published plan.
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The northern chamber is less satisfying and more difficult to interpret.
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The southern chamber, really no more than a cist, but with the peculiar portal-like stones nearest the camera.
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June 23, 2026
In front of the dolmen itself, a flat stone stands on top of a tall stone. In the middle of the flat stone is a piece of metal that looks like a large nail.
The Juliegaard megalithic grave is a free-standing dolmen (dyssekammer) located in a cultivated field within the Svendborg Municipality of South Funen. Dating to the Stone Age (3950–2800 BC), the site has been officially protected since 1937.
The structure consists of a single chamber that includes three support stones, two parallel threshold stones, and a single capstone. The capstone is particularly noted for its dramatic contrasting color. The chamber’s dimensions have been recorded as approximately 1.8 to 1.9 meters in length and between 0.7 and 1.0 meters in width, with an orientation generally running North-Northeast to South-Southwest.
Historical inspections by the National Museum of Denmark and other authorities (dating from 1918 to 2016) reveal that the chamber was likely originally encased in a round mound, which has since been largely destroyed by agricultural plowing. While the mound is gone, the chamber itself remains a prominent feature of the local landscape.
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