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Ballycloghduff : Carved Figure

CountyWestmeath
Grid RefN 178 432
Longitude7° 43' 55.64" W
Latitude53° 26' 18.94" N
Nearest TownMoate (4.9 Km)
OS Sheet48
UTM zone29U
UTM x584220.96121533
UTM y5921810.9860112
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 16th November 2003

What can I say about this figure other than it's a little man holding a key in one hand and his penis in the other. Most unusual!

He is now, quite wonderfully, mounted in somebody's gatepost. I wonder when the postman stopped smiling everytime he drove past. I wonder if the owners have yet. I wouldn't have done!

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Directions

From the west end of Moate follow the signs for the Heritage Park. Continue past the park and continue straight on at the first crossroads after 900m (these are easy to miss). Pass the first turning to the right and then bear right. After another 600m you will come to a small cluster of houses. Turn left here. The road bends to the right and then turns sharply left. The figure is on the gatepost on this bend.

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