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RedLeader

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Mourne Mountain Neolithic Monuments
« on: April 19, 2013 »
I was reading an article on the Mournes and noticed the sentence:

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This is ancient territory, and prehistoric cairns and stone graves dot the hills.

Other than Legannany Dolmen I'm hard pressed to name any neolithic structures in the Mournes, even then Legananny is quite far from the area the article seems concerned with.

I have a soft spot for stoneage structures, is there stuff in the Mournes I'm missing?
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« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2013 »
There is a standing stone near Loughlinisland.
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Re: Mourne Mountain Neolithic Monuments
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2013 »
Same here RedLeader, i have a soft spot for any neolithic feature spotted around the country and find it extremely satisfying to find any of them when out for a day hike, it always fills me with awe when you see these structures set into the landscape.

You may find Mr Julian Copes website The Modern Antiquarian fascinating, it's a database of many features from the UK and Eire built up by its users:

County Down Section: http://goo.gl/z0kzG

Google Earth Maps: http://goo.gl/PBi2L

Quote from: RedLeader on April 19, 2013
I was reading an article on the Mournes and noticed the sentence:

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This is ancient territory, and prehistoric cairns and stone graves dot the hills.

Other than Legannany Dolmen I'm hard pressed to name any neolithic structures in the Mournes, even then Legananny is quite far from the area the article seems concerned with.

I have a soft spot for stoneage structures, is there stuff in the Mournes I'm missing?
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Re: Mourne Mountain Neolithic Monuments
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2013 »
there are souterains (possible spelling mistake there). think there's one around the windy gap somewhere, and of course there's the one everyone went to see in primary 6 at school, lol.

ps I think my os map shows them, could be wring though.
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Re: Mourne Mountain Neolithic Monuments
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2013 »
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There is a standing stone near Loughlinisland.

Is that Annadorn Dolmen?
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=28370

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« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2013 »
Yes Liam.
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Re: Mourne Mountain Neolithic Monuments
« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2013 »
Another site that might be helpful ...

http://www.irishmegaliths.org.uk/down.htm
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