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Standing Stone in Newgrange

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Standing Stone in Newgrange
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Twelve standing stones surround mound of passage-tomb (ME019-045----) (diam. c. 130m). Originally there may have been as many as thirty-eight placed c. 9m apart. Dated later than passage-tomb (ME019-045----) and earlier than Beaker occupation (ME019-045004-) by O'Kelly (1982, 82).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME019-045005

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