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'Baltinglass Hill' : Passage Tomb

TownlandBaltinglass
CountyWicklow
Grid RefS 885 892
GPSS 88547 89241 (11m)
Longitude6° 40' 57.24" W
Latitude52° 56' 48.12" N
Nearest TownBaltinglass (1.9 Km)
OS Sheet61
UTM zone29U
UTM x655703.7483036
UTM y5868855.0277421

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Looking north from the south tomb. The west tomb is on the left, the north tomb is centre image and the stump is an OS trig point.

Photo Taken: Saturday, 19th July 2008

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Saturday, 19th July 2008

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Miscellanea

There are actually three passage tombs here, all of different designs.

B1 is a round chamber (2m diam) with walls made up by orthostats.

B2 is possibly cruciform. Hard to tell.

B3 had dry stone walls and a corbelled roof.

The carved bowl in B1 is 2m wide, 1m deep and .5m tall ... and beautiful.

There is also a later cist burial.

Random Gazetteer

A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments

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6.2 Km (NNE) there is a Stone Pair at Castleruddery.
4.1 Km (NNE) there is a Standing Stone at Ballintruer known as Ballintruer Long Stone.
6.9 Km (S) there is a Ogham Stone at Patrickswell (Co. Carlow).
1.7 Km (W) there is a Church at Baltinglass known as Baltinglass Abbey.
9.7 Km (SSE) there is a Standing Stone at Williamstown (Co. Carlow).

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