This is a rather insignificant looking standing stone that stands in a roadside field 500m to the east of Kill village. It's rather lucky that it's close to the road, because the field it is in is rather inaccessible. There is an old farmyard just up the road that may provide access, but the stone doesn't look worth it.
The stone is about 1m tall and 1m wide. It is quite close to a hedgerow and high trees around the field block all its views. Presubambly, the views would be quite wide, because this part of the county is very flat. The most prominent feature in the area is the 164m tall Slievenamona Hill 3km to the NNW.
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. |