This is a fine slab-like monolith standing on the northwest face of Eagle Hill to the north of Castletown Bearhaven.
As I approach this stone up the farm track I realised that there was a very large bull in the field. He was over the other side of the field so I chanced it and luckily he decided to ignore me. A quick mention has to go to the farmer here, because he has installed a stile into the next field where the nearby wedge tomb stands.
The stone stands an impressive 3.5m tall and is 1m broad. The long axis is aligned roughly north-south.
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. |