The Area
The N22 is famous for The Sculpture Road to Killarney where the internationally respected sculptor, Tighe O'Donoghue of Glenflesk and his son, Eoghan, were commissioned to place sculpted stones along the new part of the road between Killarney and the county bounds to Cork. Most of the stones were excavated during the building of the road, varying between one to three tons in weight. The most popular sculpture is that of a rearing horse, set atop a rise along the road near Clonkeen. Made from ferro-cement over a steel infrastructure, Capall Mor accoutred with a helmet featuring a unicorn horn, typical of the war horses used by the Celtic chiefs during their battles. There are broken chains around its front legs, signifying freedom.
(Information taken from Wikipedia)
The Series
This is a cache in the "Pit-Stop Series". These caches will be located at picnic areas on main travel routes around Ireland. The series is planned to break long journeys and provide a list of interesting, unusual or pleasant places to stop and spend 5-10mins. The cache is a bonus!
If you want to set-up a "Pit-Stop" cache then email dino-irl through his profile and he will add your cache to the Bookmark List.
To qualify for addition to the series the cache should be:
- at an interesting, unusual or pleasant place to stop. This would usually be a picnic stop but doesn't necessarily have to be one.
- accessible in ordinary clothing (usually a Terrain Rating of 1 or 1.5)
- named using a standard template: "Pit-Stop Series": "Road Name" "Location"
