Aghmakane, county Armagh

J 020 253 - Sheet 29

Nearest village: Camlough

The "Long Stones" are impressive remains of a portal-tomb, comprising a blade-shaped portal-stone 3 metres high (left),
with an impressive door-stone about 2.4 metres high, and the stump of the other portal-stone adjoining the overgrown remains of a cashel.
Another of its fine stones is incorporated in the cashel wall nearby (to the right).


Click on the picture to see the fine portal-tomb at Ballykeel nearby (map-sheet 28)


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