Ballyhenebery

Nearest town:
Mullinavat (12km ENE)
OS reference:
S445243
OS sheet:
75
Latitude:
52° 22' 6.9 N
Longitude:
7° 20' 47.77 W
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Image of Ballyhenebery (Portal Tomb) by bawn79

The capstone is massive, I was comparing it to Brownes Hill in my head, that was until I saw the size of Kilmogue!

Image credit: Bawn79 © 2008
bawn79
bawn79 Apr 16, 2008
Image of Ballyhenebery (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

A tangle of plants and rocks. The stone in the foreground is a collapsed upright. Direct centre is the capstone.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Aug 20, 2006
Image of Ballyhenebery (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

The tree dominates the site. To its right is the capstone.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Aug 20, 2006

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Ballyhenebery

ryaner
ryaner Aug 20, 2006

A ruined portal tomb beside a farm track in this small Kilkenny townland. I parked on the road and walked down the track.
There are 2 uprights remaining standing. I couldn’t tell if these were portals or otherwise as there is so much ivy and growth around. The massive collapsed capstone, about 3 metres square and half a metre thick, lies over the chamber which is inaccessible. The capstone is of an aggregate similar to that at Howth demesne, or of the stones at Bawnfree Hill passage grave nearby. It really is a giant.
A large tree has now grown around one of the supporting orthostats. There is so much additional rubble here that it’s hard to distinguish the original stones from recent additions.
With some time and a little effort, this site could be restored, or at least cleaned up. Cutting down the tree would be a start.

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