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Ardamore

Stone Row / Alignment

<b>Ardamore</b>Posted by bogmanImage © Charles Coughlan
Nearest Town:Cahershiveen (21km S)
OS Ref (IE):   Q522000 / Sheet: 70
Latitude:52° 7' 56.03" N
Longitude:   10° 9' 31.59" W

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 Ardamore Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art

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This stone row is marked as 2 Gallains on the OS map. The row is situated within 1km of Lispole and once you negogiate a maze of roads access is pretty reasonable. There is a track on the map that actually exists and its a short walk along this track from the road.
The row is very impressive with amazing views all around. The inventory says that the stone heights are 3m, 2.2 and 1.65m high.
What is very interesting is that it says "The alignment is oriented on the setting sun at the Winter Solstice (Lynch 1981b, 26)" so this may make a very nice spot for watching the sun go down on the Winter Solstice.
There is a huge outlier 2.9m high to the north east of the main row. What makes this outlier particulary special is that there are cup and rings on it.
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bawn79 Posted by bawn79
6th October 2009ce

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Ardamore (Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art) — Fieldnotes

This rock art is on a huge outlier of an impressive stone row.
The inventory mentions that it has "a cup and 2 circles centrally positioned on the face; below this are 2 cup and circles and grouped together at the base of the stone are 2 cup and circles with radial lines and a cup and incomplete cirlce. In addition there are 7 plain cup-marks and a series of linear grooves".
I visited this rock art at 12 noon when this side of the stone was in shadow and so could not get a great picture of the art. Even inspecting visually I could only make out the main cup and ring that I pointed out. I would think that someone with better photography skills would be able to make much more out of this panel.
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6th October 2009ce
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