Burren - Cairn |
This site is marked on the OS map as a cairn , which is why I didn't visit it when I was last here. However, it is a rather large wedge tomb .
The gallery is about 10m long and 2m wide. A lot of the structural stones have been robbed away, but even so it's still impressive. There are two large entrance stones, some side slabs in thr front section of the gallery. The rear of the tomb is far more impressive with two large, but broken roof slabs in place. The largest of these is over 2m square.
Around the rear wall slabs there are a few small stones which may be very diminuitive double walling or possibly buttress stones. A few stones 3m or so from the rear of the gallery may be from the kerb .
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_______Today the sun was shining making the scene very pretty with the dappled light coming through the trees onto the stones, but a pain to photograph because of the heavy contrast.
Sites like this are best visited in even ambient light if you want to take pictures or strong sunlight if you want a nice scene.
This is an explanation of (and a bit of a disclaimer for) the coordinates I provide. Where a GPS figure is given this is the master for all other coordinates. According to my Garmin these are quite accurate. Where there is no GPS figure the 6 figure grid reference is master for the others. This may not be very accurate as it could have come from the OS maps and could have been read by eye. Consequently, all other cordinates are going to have inaccuracies. The calculation of Longitude and Latitude uses an algorithm that is not 100% accurate. The long/lat figures are used as a basis for calculating the UTM & ITM coordinates. Consequently, UTM & ITM coordinates are slightly out. UTM is a global coordinate system - Universal Transverse Mercator - that is at the core of the GPS system. ITM is the new coordinate system - Irish Transverse Mercator - that is more accurate and more GPS friendly than the Irish Grid Reference system. This will be used on the next generation of Irish OS maps. |