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Drumsinnot : Rock Art

CountyLouth
Grid RefH 960 080
GPSH 96027 07972
Longitude6° 32' 6.07" W
Latitude54° 0' 43.13" N
Nearest TownLouth (6.8 Km)
OS Sheet36
UTM zone29U
UTM x661516.54936265
UTM y5987666.619692
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 7th October 2007

Finding this rock outcrop was fairly straight forward. Spotting the carvings was a different matter!

I managed to make out a very, very worn cup with three rings, a possible cup with two rings and a cup with a single ring. The latter is the best defined of the design. The Louth Survey says there are ten motifs on the panel and mentions a checkered design on a neighbouring section of the outcrop. I couldn't see anything near to this level of ornamentation. The south end of the outcrop has been quarried away, so who knows what has been lost?

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