Row of stones from Baltray

Row of stones from Baltray

The stone row of Baltray ( Irish Baile Trá ) is north of the hamlet of the same name and south of Termonfreckin near the mouth of the Boyne in County Louth in Ireland .

The row of stones on the edge of the Boynesenke originally consisted of three stones. The two stones, about 9.0 m apart, are large flat plates. One stone is 3.05 meters high, 1.25 meters wide and 33 centimeters thick. The higher, second stone is 2.07 meters high, 1.05 meters wide and 38 centimeters thick.

Near the to be World Heritage Site counting megaliths in the Boyne Valley and the Passage Tomb of Gormanston .

See also

• Rows of stones in Ireland

literature

• Kennet McNally : Standing Stones and other Monuments of early Ireland . Appletree Press, Belfast 1984. ISBN 0-86281-121-X

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Coordinates: 53 ° 44 ′ 26.9 "  N , 6 ° 15 ′ 52"  W.