Ballyholly : Stone Circle
Visit Notes
Sunday, 28th July 2002
This circle is buried deep in a pine plantation in a tiny clearing and very difficult to find. It is also very small and may not be worth the enormous effort involved.
The circle is about 7m in diameter and consists of stones that protrude by no more than 20cm. To one side there is a tangential alignment (also very low) and the very poor ruins of a wedge tomb. The wedge is unidentifiable.
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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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