What is recorded here

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Situated in low-lying pasture, overlooked by a broad ridge to S and SE. Roughly square-shaped slab (max. dims. H 1.7m, 1.8m by 0.3m in section) orientated roughly N-S. Slightly off-centre is an hourglass perforation (diams. 0.2-0.25m) which gives the name to the stone and to the townland. (CLAJ 1914, pl. opp. 248; 1929, 59; 1962, 164)

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