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Greenanstown : Stone Row (Alignment)

CountyMeath
Grid RefO 112 643
Longitude6° 19' 9.89" W
Latitude53° 37' 0.11" N
Nearest TownGarristown (6.9 Km)
OS Sheet43
UTM zone29U
UTM x677302.20946749
UTM y5944216.7094086
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 3rd February 2002

What a great threesome these stones make. They are not actually an alignment (or maybe they are) but they sit quite unassumingly in a triangular island at a fork in the road.

There are some stories to how these ended up here that I will add later.

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Directions

Head south from Drogheda along the R108 and take the fourth left about (6km) after where the R150 crosses. Continue for about 1.8km and you will reach these stones.

Miscellanea

These stones were alledgedly thrown from Tara by Finn MacCool (Fionn MacCumhaill) and are known locally as The Jack Stones.

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A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments

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9.5 Km (ESE) there is a Standing Stone at Balrothery (Co. Dublin).
8.7 Km (ENE) there is a Passage Tomb at Bremore (Co. Dublin).
7.1 Km (ENE) there is a Passage Tomb at Knocknagin.
6.3 Km (SE) there is a Artificial Mound at Knockbrack (Co. Dublin).
8.2 Km (NNE) there is a Artificial Mound at Laytown (An Inse).

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