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Ballyhalwick : Stone Pair

CountyCork
Grid RefW 253 521
Longitude9° 4' 51.56" W
Latitude51° 42' 59.24" N
Nearest TownDunmanway (2.3 Km)
OS Sheet86
UTM zone29U
UTM x494405.00831271
UTM y5729505.5311624
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 13th April 2003

This interesting stone pair seems to be threatened by a quarry to the south, but I don't think any harm will befall them. The two stones are extremely different. The west stone (the alignment is east-west) is quite massive - some 1.6m tall by 1.3m or so wide (it's hard to be precise as the quarry stopped me getting too close.) The smaller one is just 70cm tall and about the same wide.

The stones are set with their length along the alignment and the sides that face each other have been shaped so that a V is formed. I have not seen this anywhere else.

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