Conans Stone, coffin-resting stone in County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Situated towards the bottom of a NW-facing slope at the NE side of a SE-NW laneway and c. 25m from its junction with another NNNE-SSW road. It is described locally as a spherical boulder (diam. c. 1m) traditionally believed to have been thrown by a giant from Carriglong passage tomb (WA017-057----) (Heylin 1978, 14). According to local information coffins were rested on it en route to Drumcannon church (WA026-017001-), c. 450m to the SE. It is now missing. Heylin, F. (1978) Reports of the Summer outings and Winter lectures: Drumcannon cromlech, Decies, No. 7, 13-15.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA017-059

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