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Churchtown : Rock Art

CountyDown
Grid RefJ 571 473
GPSJ 57126 47262 (5m)
Longitude5° 34' 59.29" W
Latitude54° 20' 58.99" N
Nearest TownStrangford (3 Km)
OS Sheet21
UTM zone30U
UTM x332117.19776854
UTM y6025508.8834575
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 26th August 2007

Now this is a nice thing to have in your front garden. It is a 70cm long panel with to cup-and-ring motifs placed side by side. However, these are no ordinary cup-and-ring carvings: one of them has 10 rings! Wow!

The householders were out when we called, so I could only take pictures of what was exposed. The lower portion of the panel is covered by turf, which is actually someone's front lawn and its protecting some of the stone - best to leave it in place, all things considered.

Sadly, the rock is a little bit worn, so a good dose of water is needed to bring it to life.

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