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Tombeagh : Standing Stone

CountyCarlow
Grid RefS 935 813
GPSS 93505 81324 (7m)
Longitude6° 36' 39.96" W
Latitude52° 52' 29.04" N
Nearest TownKiltegan (3.3 Km)
OS Sheet62
UTM zone29U
UTM x660771.04075042
UTM y5861008.6786314
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 28th October 2001

This stone seems to offer nothing in the way of 'magic' but so few do when they are so close to modern houses. It seems to be about 1.4m high (fairly standard for round here). The main thing is that it is still there and has not been removed by the farmer or when the house was built.

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Sunday, 8th April 2007

Has it really been five and a half years since I took a quick look at this stone? Wow! As I was passing I thought I would stop and take a good look. Not too long ago I saw some good pictures of it, so I knew it was worth stopping at again.

This is a very unusual standing stone. It sort of falls into the Carlow Grooved Stone group, but only just. It's more nobbly than grooved.

It stands a little over 1.5m tall and has a bulbous, globular top. There are many natural fissures in the top section. The west side of the stone seems to have been split off. 3m southof the stone there is a low rocky outcrop that measures about 3m x 1.5m x 40cm tall.

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Directions

Take the R727 from Hacketstown and take the first right. When you reach a fork in the road the stone is on your left, in a field next to the house.

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