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The entrance to the three main chambers with the typical court tomb jamb stones.

This stone in the court is said to be a relatively unique feature at this tomb. The info board calls it a standing stone, alas it stands but 10 cms proud of the ground.

The backstone of the inner 3rd chamber.

The western subsidiary chamber.

From the rear, along the three chambers and out into the court.

Ballykeel, delicately poised.

12 years since I was last here. Jeez.

Slieve Gullion in the background.

Southern recess of cairn H.

The silvertone filter on my iphone 6s brings out the carvings nicely.

From the passage towards the cruciform chambers.

Cairn H on Carnbane west is possibly my favourite megalithic construction ever.

Sundial stone.

The south side of the mound with iphone filter. Paulie gives an idea of scale.

Pano of the magnificent Dowth mound.

From the south.

From the west.

Not the most impressive of cairns, but here it’s all about location.

4/5/18

Quite the coolest bullaun stone that there is.

4/5/18

It would be nice in its original situation given how well it looks here.

4/5/18

The entrance, I think.

There was quite a bit of the tomb left before excavation.

Not where it belongs, but at least they made an effort.

Beltany Tops, 20/4/18

Looking north-westish with the outlier and the full circle in view.

South of Beltany Tops stone circle, this tomb is by the roadside and is a very sad reminder of what may once have been.

Called site D in Herity’s naming system, this is all that’s left of this one.

In the ditch on the western flank, with pillbox.

From the west.

Looking north from the western flank.

Looking over the eastern entrance to the rath.

Western flank of the rath.

The massive Gibbet rath, from the north.

Approaching the barrow from the South.

Western bank and fosse. The interior is very flat, possibly originally constructed that way, or else robbed out.

Western bank.

Eastern bank and fosse.

Looking north down (or up) the cursus.