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Situated towards the bottom of a NW-facing slope and within the large enclosure (ME005-036----), c. 10m from the field bank and towland boundary with Tullypole at S. It is marked on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as ‘Stone’. This is an upright pillar stone (dims 0.17m x 0.08m; H 0.5m) which has a simple latin cross carved on one face extending the width of the stone and to within 5cm of its top edge (Hicks 1974, 157).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME005-036001

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