Giants Stone, inscribed stone in County Leitrim

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What is recorded here

Situated at the top of a steep N-facing slope. It is described (Faughnan 1943, file 131) as a large coffin-shaped stone "16 feet 8 inches by 8 feet, 8 inches and 42 inches thick (c. 5m x c. 2.65m; T c. 1.05m)" having an inscription 'HR' and the date 1725 on one side. This stone has been moved and no inscription can now be seen on it.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE012-031

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