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Situated within Cruagh graveyard (DU025-003005-) and to the N of Cruagh church (DU025-003001-). A font comprised of a roughly square granite basin (ext. dims. 0.7m N-S x 0.65m E-W x T 012 x D 0.24m). To the W is a circular cemetery watchtower (DU025-003003-). In the 19th century a an inscribed pillar stone or standing stone (DU025-003004-) showing concentric circles, was discovered here but it has since disappeared (O'Reilly 1901, 184-155; Crawford 1913, 167; Ó hÉailidhe 1957, 86).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU025-003002

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • JP, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Alan James, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Sarah777, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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