Carrigagulla NE

Nearest town:
Cookstown (18km SE)
OS reference:
W371829
OS sheet:
79
Latitude:
51° 59' 41.06 N
Longitude:
8° 54' 57.09 W
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Image of Carrigagulla NE (Stone Row / Alignment) by bawn79

This is like an after picture to Cians before

Image credit: Bawn79 © 2011
bawn79
bawn79 Sep 22, 2011
Image of Carrigagulla NE (Stone Row / Alignment) by CianMcLiam

Foreground stone is around 11ft long, second stone (standing) is just short of 6ft. Beyond the second stone is a low stump about half a foot high and very thin, the slab lying in the foreground could perhaps be the remainder of this stump or another fallen stone. There is also a stump standing perpendicular to the row just at the tip of the now fallen long stone.

Image credit: Ken Williams/ShadowsandStone.com
CianMcLiam
CianMcLiam Aug 27, 2006

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Carrigagulla NE

Meic
Meic Oct 17, 2012

Three stones make up the row. One large stone and one very small stone are still standing and another large stone lies fallen. The area has been clearfelled and the row is now fenced off. The fallen stone was damaged in an attempt to protect it when the trees were felled. The machine moving it accidentally dropped it, causing a section to shear off
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Carrigagulla NE

bawn79
bawn79 Sep 22, 2011

As you can probably guess from the pictures the forestry around the stone row has been cut down and you can now see what remains of the row after the damage the planting has done. Im not sure what material the stones are but there do appear to be naturally white and would have been very impressive I would say when originally upright.

Carrigagulla NE

CianMcLiam
CianMcLiam Aug 27, 2006

This ruined stone row lies just to the south of the forest track towards Carrigagulla NE stone circle and is just barely visible among the trees as you pass about 100 yards from the main road. The tallest stone would probably have stood between 10 and 12 feet high but its hard to tell as the forest floor is covered in a deep layer of moss, roots and leaves. This stone must have fallen quite recently as it now rests on the stump of a cut down tree. There is at least one stone broken, its small, thin stump stands very near to the remaining standing stone which is wearing a wonderful jacket of thick moss. A medium sized slab about 4-5ft (visible) in length lies beside the large fallen stone, it is almost free of moss but you can’t help wondering what this row (or whatever it was) may have looked originally. Probably quite impressive I’d say.

It’s likely the very closely planted trees root systems caused the tallest stone to fall.

Sits about 20 yards from the track and is very easy to get to.

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