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Whitechurch : Stone Row (Alignment)

CountyWexford
Grid RefS 711 189
GPSS 71144 18881 (4m)
Longitude6° 57' 23.73" W
Latitude52° 19' 1.4" N
Nearest TownNew Ross (8.8 Km)
OS Sheet76
UTM zone29U
UTM x639280.51894732
UTM y5798268.9959003
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 9th December 2001

I was enchanted by these stones, but alignments (especially of three) always affect me. As is quite typical they step down in size with the largest being about 1.1 m tall and the smallest about 70 cm. The larger stone has started to lean.

There is a perfect alignment with the top of nearby Slievecoiltia (Sliabh Coltair) Mountain. The field has a pretty viscious barbed wire fence behind its hedgerow so be careful.

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Sunday, 24th February 2008

On my first visit here I couldn't see a way into the field and I thought the stones looked quite small seem from the road through the hedge. I was wrong!

The tallest stone is nearly 2m tall and the lowest is over 1m. The alignment is roughly northeast-southwest with the taller stone at the southern end. All three stones are granite with flecks of quartz. This is one of the finest stone rows I've stood next to. I suppose my surprise at the size of the tallest stone may have something to do with that, but I don't think it's a large factor. This really is a great monument and should be signposted etc.

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Directions

From New Ross take the R733 south ensuring that you do not continue onto the R734. Later, when the road takes a sharp right take the first right. Follow the road until just after the second left hand turn . The stone row is in the field to the right 50m after this bend.

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A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments

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3.4 Km (SW) there is a Bullaun Stone at Greatisland.
7.5 Km (W) there is a Bullaun Stone at Atateemore (Co. Kilkenny).
3.7 Km (W) there is a Standing Stone at Rochestown (Co. Kilkenny).
4.1 Km (ESE) there is a Bullaun Stone at Garryduff.
9.1 Km (NNW) there is a Portal Tomb at Glencloghrea (Co. Kilkenny).

A Selection of Other Stone Rows (Alignments)

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