Dromatouk : Standing Stone
Visit Notes
Sunday, 25th September 2005
Whilst looking for somewhere to park to try and find the nearby stone circle I saw this little standing stone 50m or so from the road. About 1m of it sticks out of the peat, but who knows how deep the peat is here? The stone could be much bigger!
What is interesting about this spot is an arc of seemingly set stones 30m from the standing stone. Is this a ruined stone circle to which this standing stone is an outlier?
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A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
2.4 Km (SSE) there is a Stone Circle at Lackaroe.
3.8 Km (W) there is a Stone Circle at Kenmare known as The Druids' Circle.
583.1 m (ENE) there is a Stone Circle at Dromatouk.
8.2 Km (SW) there is a Stone Circle at Dromroe.
A Selection of Other Standing Stones
 Cargan (Co. Antrim) |  Magh Adhair (Co. Clare) |  Breen (Co. Antrim) |
 Ballyvennaght (Co. Antrim) |  Balrothery (Co. Dublin) |  The Pillar Stone (Co. Limerick) |
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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. |
