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Annaghmore Glebe Passage Tomb
 

County

Fermanagh

Coordinates

N 54° 07' 40.8"   W 007° 20' 48.18"

Nearest town

Newtownbutler

Grid Ref.

H 42613 20082

Map No.

27

Elevation a.s.l. (m)

77

Date of visit

Thursday 2 July 2015

GPS Accuracy (m)

3
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A zoomed photo of Castle Saunderson. In the 14th century, a first castle was built there by the O'Reillys of Breffni, thus it was originally known as Breffni Castle. During the Ulster Plantation the Saunderson family acquired the original building. Three centuries later, the castle was sold in 1977 to a businessman who wanted to use it as his residence, but the project failed. It was turned into a hotel a few years later, but it was damaged by fire, the third in its history. Now it's in ruins.


It hasn't been easy to reach this tomb. It's atop a low hill, but no handy accesses are available. I approached it via a gate at Wattle Bridge.
In some old records this place was described as a continuous circle of stones, or kerb, around a central cairn. It seems that this monument was destroyed around 1712.
When I visited the place I counted 35 large stones on a diameter of about 36 metres on the east-west axis. Stinging nettles and brambles hide most of the stones. A low mound at the centre of this circular arrangement marks the spot of the lost cairn under which some burials were found.
From this tomb it is possible to see Castle Saunderson about 1 mile to the west-southwest, in county Monaghan.


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