Cupmarked stone in Donagh, County Monaghan

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What is recorded here

Located c. 8m E of the burial enclosure on the site of the parish church of Donagh (MO007-007001-) is a stone (dims 0.51m x 0.13-0.16m; H 0.23-0.26m) set up as a headstone with a single cup-mark (diam. 0.1m; D 2.5cm) on its E face.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO007-007009

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