Caherkeegane : Standing Stone
Visit Notes
Sunday, 4th April 2004
Driving back from Cabragh (County Cork) I spotted this one. I had looked for it in the other direction, but had missed it.
This stone marks the highest point of where the road crosses the hill, but not the highest point of the hill, which is 300m east.
It is around 2m tall and very, very nicely shaped. As with most sites in Cork it has fantastic views too.
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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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