Burl has this stone circle listed as an incomplete five-stone axial circle, but I am sure it is in fact a four-poster!
Although I got close to the circle, I had to remain separated from it by a worryingly flimsy electric fence, because there was a huge bull in the field that really didn't like me being so close to his ladies. Luckily, the circle is alongside a good farm track and can easily be viewed from this.
Three of the stones are about 1m tall and the fourth is slightly taller - a good characteristic of a four-poster stone circle.
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. |