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Druids Altar in Barmoney

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Located towards the top of the SE-facing slope of a small NE-SW ridge. A pair of quartz bearing granite standing stones are placed 4.2m apart in a line running NNE SSW. The N stone (dims. 0.8m x 0.45m; H 1m) is roughly aligned NNE-SSW and flat-topped while the S stone has a rectangular cross-section (dims. 0.55 0.7m x 0.7m; H 1.35m) at the base but narrows to a point on a N-S ridge.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX031-039

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