Grey Stones, stone row in County Monaghan

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What is recorded here

Situated on a NE-facing slope on one of the summits on an ENE-WSW drumlin ridge. Three stones in a line ENE-WSW are incorporated in a field bank and are known as the ‘Grey stones’. A fourth stone 5m to the S, has a similar orientation. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 9 May 2018

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO017-068

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