Dolmen in Shandangan West, standing stone in County Cork

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What is recorded here

On shoulder of SW-facing slope in rolling arable land. Stones, aligned NE-SW, stand 1m apart; overall length is 2.95m. NE stone is 1.2m L, 0.7m T and 2m H. SW stone is 0.8m L, 0.7m T and 1.6m H. Loose quartzite block (1.4m maximum dimension) lies between stones and another stone (1.4m maximum dimension) lies at NE foot of N stone. Third stone is partially exposed beside NW side of SW stone; these stones appear to be field clearance debris. (O Nualláin 1988, 245, no. 106) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO071-115

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