Tibradden : Rock Outcrop
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Saturday, 23rd February 2002
These two rocky spurs stand to the south of the cairn. One (closest to the cairn) is now very broken and collapsed, the other (100m south) still stand tall and slender.
I was primarily interested in these because I had found a 100 year old reference to a large rock south of the cairn having a cross and face inscribed upon it.
The larger more collapsed rocks were definitely going to show no signs of these and the furthest one seemed more likely. Unfortunately the southern face have 'peeled' away and lies face down in front of the main rock.
I did find a deep curved line one one side that could have been a mouth, but it is impossible to be sure.
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