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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: ArdristanCountry: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 4.447 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Co. Carlow Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Tullow
Map Ref: S8413871337
Discovery Map Number: D61
Latitude: 52.786852N Longitude: 6.753659W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Standing Stone in Co. Carlow
This is the finest of several vertically-grooved granite stones in north Carlow, south Wicklow and south Kildare. It stands in a field by the E side of the Tullow-Bunclody road, some 2.8 metres high, with 6 grooves radiating down from the top. Reminiscent of the famous Devil’s Arrows in Yorkshire, these grooves are at least partly artificial.
~ 1 km SSE in Aghade is an unlovely but curious flat stone with a circular hole in it 30 cms in diameter, known as Cloch a’ Phoill or the Holed Stone and the object of many legends and beliefs. (see Doagh, county Antrim). As with the Hurlstone, county Louth, it may be the perforated door-slab of a vanished megalithic tomb. There are remains of other tombs in the vicinity.
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