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'Spahill 3' : Rock Art

TownlandSpahill
CountyCarlow
Grid RefS 758 523
GPSS 75827 52282 (7m)
Longitude6° 52' 49.2" W
Latitude52° 36' 59.62" N
Nearest TownBorris (3.7 Km)
OS Sheet68
UTM zone29U
UTM x643500.15301879
UTM y5831727.1922618
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 4th November 2007

Spotting this panel was an amazing example of observation. The 2m x 1.5m exposed panel has a small number of very worn cupmarks on it. These are all concetrated in the northwest corner of the panel. In daylight they are impossible to photograph effectively.

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