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Cloughmore

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57: 1315: 49: 1249: 1310: 358: 1356: 1410: 1349: 368: 79: 'the big stone'), known locally as "The Big Stone", is a huge granite boulder perched on a mountainside almost 1,000 feet (300 m) above the village of 1380: 1405: 1342: 1208: 1294: 292: 1395: 150: 1400: 1108: 1375: 248: 18: 449: 1213: 1122: 103:. It is popular destination for visitors, and is part of a National Nature Reserve and Area of Special Scientific Interest. 185: 312: 1287: 1132: 56: 1390: 1385: 842: 782: 562: 376: 285: 757: 1218: 712: 482: 1280: 1047: 847: 837: 732: 717: 426: 411: 321: 1223: 1002: 927: 787: 567: 416: 857: 742: 722: 702: 406: 278: 607: 492: 329: 119: 1098: 912: 612: 130: 227: 1190: 1160: 1155: 1150: 1073: 977: 214: 96: 1326: 1264: 1260: 1118: 1103: 1093: 1083: 1007: 802: 158: 126: 100: 88: 1195: 1088: 107: 1228: 1063: 1022: 887: 867: 772: 557: 92: 72: 1369: 1017: 872: 657: 547: 1185: 1180: 1170: 1165: 1113: 932: 687: 682: 627: 512: 1322: 1256: 1042: 1037: 1032: 952: 882: 792: 737: 577: 572: 552: 537: 532: 527: 502: 497: 467: 436: 431: 401: 302: 193: 115: 84: 48: 1145: 1140: 1068: 1012: 972: 947: 942: 937: 922: 917: 897: 892: 827: 767: 677: 632: 622: 602: 587: 542: 522: 507: 396: 33: 20: 1175: 1027: 997: 967: 962: 877: 852: 812: 807: 762: 747: 697: 386: 381: 80: 987: 957: 907: 902: 862: 832: 822: 817: 777: 727: 667: 617: 517: 477: 472: 462: 457: 111: 270: 992: 752: 692: 662: 597: 487: 421: 340: 334: 118:
bay) and deposited about 10,000 years ago by retreating ice during the
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The granite boulder, which has a calculated mass of 50 tonnes, is a
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Local legend has it that the stone was thrown from the
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54°05′53″N 6°11′31″W / 54.098°N 6.192°W / 54.098; -6.192


Irish
Rostrevor
County Down
Northern Ireland
Kilbroney Park
Carlingford Lough
Cooley Peninsula
glacial erratic
Scotland
Strathclyde
last Ice Age
Cooley Mountains
Fionn mac Cumhaill
"Cloghmore"
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"Cloughmore (Big Stone)"
the original
Rostrevor - Cloughmore Stone
"Mourne Cooley Gullion geotourism 3D"
"Drumlin Country"
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