J5249 : Drumlin country (21)
taken 16 years ago, 3 km from Killyleagh, Co Down, Northern Ireland
Drumlin country
In simple (non-technical) words, drumlins are rounded hills, usually of stones and clays deposited by glaciers during the ice age. They form the “basket of eggs” landscape found in parts of Cos Down and Armagh.
Gore's Island, Strangford Lough :: J5149
Gore’s Island is a drowned drumlin, on the south western side of Strangford Lough, near the Quoile Barrage. Now uninhabited, it had a few residents in the early 19th century. Connected to the rest of Co Down by a ford said to be passable at low water.
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- J5249, 2 images (more nearby )
- Photographer
- Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Saturday, 12 April, 2008 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Saturday, 12 April, 2008
- Category
- Drumlins (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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Irish: J 525 496 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:22.3805N 5:39.1683W - Camera Location
- Irish: J 527 465
- View Direction
- NORTH (about 0 degrees)
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