Kilbroney Standing Stone

Kilbroney Standing Stone is an archaeological site in Newry, Northern Ireland. Kilbroney Standing Stone is situated near Kilbroney Municipal Cemetery, as well as near the ruins Kilbroney Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Cloughmore.

Cloughmore

Stone

Photo: Oisin obrien, Public domain.

Cloughmore or Cloghmore, known locally as "The Big Stone", is a huge granite boulder perched on a mountainside almost 1,000 feet above the village of Rostrevor, County Down, Northern Ireland. Cloughmore is situated 1¼ miles south of Kilbroney Standing Stone.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rostrevor and Killowen.

Rostrevor

Village

Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rostrevor is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the foot of Slieve Martin on the coast of Carlingford Lough, near Warrenpoint.

Killowen

Hamlet

Photo: P Flannagan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Killowen is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is in the townland of Ballinran near Rostrevor and on the shore of Carlingford Lough. Ballinran is in the Electoral Division of Killowen, in Civil Parish of Kilbroney, in the barony of Iveagh Upper, Upper Half within the Newry and Mourne District Council area. Killowen is situated 2½ miles south of Kilbroney Standing Stone.

Warrenpoint

Town

Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Warrenpoint is a small port town and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It sits at the head of Carlingford Lough, south of Newry, and is separated from the Republic of Ireland by a narrow strait. Warrenpoint is situated 2½ miles west of Kilbroney Standing Stone.

Kilbroney Standing Stone

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Newry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.10988° or 54° 6′ 36″ north

Longitude

-6.18575° or 6° 11′ 9″ west

Open location code

9C6M4R57+XP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2014176562

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Kilbroney Municipal Cemetery and Kilbroney Church.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Bradfor Limited and Kilbroney Youth Centre C.O.I.

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