There is very little left of Cairn X2. A few slabs and one large boulder. One of the slabs has a flat-bottomed round hole cut into it. This is not ancient, but was cut by sappers to hold the bottom of a flagpole.
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Patrickstown Hill can be reached in two ways. You can park at the main Loughcrew parking site, climb Carnbane East where cairn T is and then wander over to Patrickstown Hill, or you can park on the east side of the hill and follow the track that starts opposite the small car park there (N 603 782). To find this car park follow the N154 south from Oldcastle towards Kells. The car park is about 7km from Oldcastle on the left. To reach Cairns X1, X2 & X3 follow this track until it opens out into a meadow. In front of you there will be a big thicket of gorse bushes. The cairns are on the opposite side of these.
A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Ballygawn (Co. Antrim) |  Lugnagun (Co. Wicklow) |  Ballyfolan (Co. Wicklow) |
 Cairn X1 (Co. Meath) |  Leana (Co. Clare) |  Piperstown (Co. Dublin) |
