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Now that's a nice ring cairn!

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ryaner Aug 26, 2007 11:12:56

Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:

Cos you described the view as looking nnw and at that latitude the moon set would be at 322 degrees .Depending on the relative heights of the RC and the hill it just might be . If you have accurate co-ordinates for the hill top and RC and their heights it could be quickly sorted .

OK. The peak of Church mountain with its cairn is at N948013 and is 544 metres high. The Kilcoagh cairn is at S957984 and is 480 metres. That's as accurate as I can get it from the OS map and no GPS.

tiompan Aug 26, 2007 12:07:58

Replying to ryaner

ryaner wrote:

tiompan wrote:

OK. The peak of Church mountain with its cairn is at N948013 and is 544 metres high. The Kilcoagh cairn is at S957984 and is 480 metres. That's as accurate as I can get it from the OS map and no GPS.

Thanks for that ,sadly it is not in line with the moon set ,the azimuth from rc-cairn is 345. 483 degrees but more importantly the declination is 36.41 when 28 is needed . Worth a shot though .