Cloughmore
54°05′53″N 6°11′31″W / 54.098°N 6.192°W
Cloughmore or Cloghmore (from Irish An Chloch Mhór 'the big stone'),[1] 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 Rostrevor, County Down, Northern Ireland.[2] It sits on the slopes of Slieve Martin in Kilbroney Park, overlooking Rostrevor Forest, Carlingford Lough and the Cooley Peninsula. It is popular destination for visitors, and is part of a National Nature Reserve and Area of Special Scientific Interest.[3]
The granite boulder, which has a calculated mass of 50 tonnes,
Local legend has it that the stone was thrown from the Cooley Mountains, on the other side of Carlingford Lough, by Fionn mac Cumhaill.[2]
References
- ^ "Cloghmore". Place Names NI. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ a b c "Cloughmore (Big Stone)". Cloughmore Male Voice Choir. Archived from the original on 29 February 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
- ^ Rostrevor - Cloughmore Stone. Walk NI. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ "Mourne Cooley Gullion geotourism 3D". Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ "Drumlin Country". The Newry Journal. 22 April 2004. Retrieved 8 June 2008.