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gjrk May 14, 2009 14:44:32
Replying to goffik

Ummm. I'd be the opposite - no regular experience of the UK maps, but what I have seen does seem to be comparable in detail level to the Irish series.

I just checked my profile above and of the 30 sites I've added, 4 (I think)weren't marked on the map. One other that I haven't got around to posting. Obviously this would be a poor sample because the bulk of the 'main' sites would have been posted before I first contributed and mine would be the lesser known, more obscure.

The stand-out feature for antiquarians is the red dot on green/brown background, that Fourwinds mentions above.

Of course, what you're used to often seems the best, doesn't it?

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G goffik
goffik May 14, 2009 15:50:12
Replying to gjrk

Actually, yeah - that is pretty spot on. The monuments can be pretty bloody impossible to find sometimes! We've often been in search of a stone or well, marked nicely in script (the text taking up to about half a mile by the scale of the map) and pondered whether it's this dot or that blemish it's referring to!

Sometimes it's the fun of the search - other times it's a pain in the arse! ;)

Will say that for the French ones as well - the monuments are marked pretty damn obviously!

I'd imagine that, by the time I actually get my arse over to Ireland, the new maps will be well in force, so I'll not know any different! ;)

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