This was the last planned monument of the 2010 Megalithomania Meet Up and it is one of the main monuments in the Rathcroghan complex that I wanted to visit, but we were thwarted at the last minute by a very large bull standing proudly amongst his harem just inside the gate. It's a big field, so I guess we were lucky that he was visible!
This is actually two monuments - a standing stone on top of a ring barrow . The barrow is about 1.5m high and 30m in diameter. The standing stone is about 2m tall. It's hard to be precise, as we only saw it from the next field.
I will be back to see this one later in the year when the bull is hopefully elsewhere.
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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. |