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Standing stone in Clonbrusk

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What is recorded here

Sited on top of a natural pointed hillock (which appears to be scarped slightly at its base) are two large limestone slabs/boulders (E stone L. 3.8m x 1.25m; W stone L. 3.1m x 1.7m). One lies flat and the on the E side is on its edge but is tilted westwards towards the W slab/stone. The top of the hillcok has a small circular flat shape. There is a quarry on the SE siude of the hillock and a fairly gentle slope to the hillock at the W and N. Known locally as the 'Druid's Altar' (English, N. W. JOAS, 1, 1969, 4).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM029-002

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  • Gerard Michael Lynch, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Peter Gerken, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Christopher Hilton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Christophe Krief, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Pat Byrne, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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