'The Honey Mug' : Standing Stone
Visit Notes
Saturday, 27th July 2002
An unusual name for a not too unusual stone. The stone is oddly shouldered in a way that looks natural from one side and shaped from the other - perhaps the one side was enhanced.
It is not a small stone, reaching 2m tall and 1.3m wide at the shoulder (half way up), the upper portion being about 1m wide.
As shouldered stones go it does not really compare with the giant at Barnmeen (County Down).
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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. |
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