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Holed stone in Castledermot

Holed stone
Holed stone in Castledermot
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Holed stone (diam. 0.71m; diam. of hole 0.16m). Granite. Set deeply in ground (may possibly be a mill-stone). (Bradley et al. 1986, vol. 2, 103-04) Date of upload: 8 September 2016

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD040-002020

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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