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Knockanaffrin : Stone Pair

CountyWaterford
Grid RefS 270 142
GPSS 27037 14173 (7m)
Longitude7° 36' 13.75" W
Latitude52° 16' 43.27" N
Nearest TownClonmel (11.2 Km)
OS Sheet75
UTM zone29U
UTM x595249.93537483
UTM y5792953.1813918
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 28th January 2007

Locations don't get much more remote than this: high up on the western slopes of the Monavullagh Mountains on a small promontory. To reach the site involves a 1km walk, which is no hardship due to the opportunity to take in the breathtaking views (at least I assume it was the views that were taking my breath away.)

At first site this appears to be a stone pair, but closer inspection reveals a very small stone just 30cm high set in line with the two larger stones. These two stones are a little over 1.5m tall and stand about 1.5m apart. The small stone is 4m from the northeastern stone. The row is algned northeast-southwest. Like the nearby stone circle I discovered on the way up to this monument the location of this monument forces your views to the southwest and the Knockmealdown Mountains. What an amazing place.

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