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Drakestown : Grave or Cross Slab

CountyMeath
Grid RefN 830 813
Longitude6° 44' 27.33" W
Latitude53° 46' 28.71" N
Nearest TownNobber (5.2 Km)
OS Sheet35
UTM zone29U
UTM x648868.38903604
UTM y5960816.5582201
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Visit Notes

Monday, 3rd June 2002

This was a surprise. I got a bit disoriented whilst driving to this one and so stopped to check on my GPS where I was Ö. 12m from the slab! Nice timing I thought.

The slab is now mounted on a tall base about 1.8m in the air. To get a proper shot of it I had to get the step ladders out of the car. The cross (with ring) is carved in false relief at the top of the 1m tall slab.

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