Tombeagh : Standing Stone
Visit Notes
Sunday, 28th October 2001
This stone seems to offer nothing in the way of 'magic' but so few do when they are so close to modern houses. It seems to be about 1.4m high (fairly standard for round here). The main thing is that it is still there and has not been removed by the farmer or when the house was built.
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_Sunday, 8th April 2007
Has it really been five and a half years since I took a quick look at this stone? Wow! As I was passing I thought I would stop and take a good look. Not too long ago I saw some good pictures of it, so I knew it was worth stopping at again.
This is a very unusual standing stone. It sort of falls into the Carlow Grooved Stone group, but only just. It's more nobbly than grooved.
It stands a little over 1.5m tall and has a bulbous, globular top. There are many natural fissures in the top section. The west side of the stone seems to have been split off. 3m southof the stone there is a low rocky outcrop that measures about 3m x 1.5m x 40cm tall.
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_Have you visited This Monument?
If so, give it a rating for others to seeDirections
Take the R727 from Hacketstown and take the first right. When you reach a fork in the road the stone is on your left, in a field next to the house.
Random Gazetteer
A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
8.3 Km (N) there is a Cairn at Keadeen (Co. Wicklow).
9.1 Km (S) there is a Holy Well at Ballyknocker East known as St. Fiac's Well (Co. Wicklow).
7.6 Km (WSW) there is a Standing Stone at Tankardstown known as Molly's Cross Roads.
2.7 Km (WSW) there is a Standing Stone at Williamstown.
A Selection of Other Standing Stones
 Coumaraglin NW - Standing Stones (Co. Waterford) |  Derrynablaha (Co. Kerry) |  Piperstown (Co. Dublin) |
 Knockaunnagorp (Co. Cork) |  Glenwilliam (Co. Waterford) |  Lagnagoushee (Co. Waterford) |
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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. |
