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Lugnagun : Stone Row (Alignment)

CountyWicklow
Grid RefO 014 124
GPSO 01373 12378 (5m)
Longitude6° 29' 4.3" W
Latitude53° 9' 8.21" N
Nearest TownBlessington (3.9 Km)
OS Sheet56
UTM zone29U
UTM x668204.53746428
UTM y5892166.4135877
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 25th April 2004

This is another monument I wasn't expecting to find and I'm still not 100% sure about it. However, several things lead me to think that it could be the real deal. Firstly the three stones are aligned along the ridge and evenly spaced. Secondly about 15m in front of them (along the axis) are what could be cist burials.

Neither the cists nor the stone row are previously recorded, but with the nature of this entire ridge becoming more busy I think that they need careful consideration.

Each stone in the row is just .6m high, but appear to have been broken off. Leaning up against them is a very nicely shaped stone that would look very good standing up as a part of an alignment.

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2 Km (W) there is a Wedge Tomb at Carrig.

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