Inscribed stone in Cruagh, County Dublin

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Situated in a graveyard (DU025-003005-) on a steep grass-covered knoll, off the Pine Forest Road. Unlocated decorated stone, now missing, described by Crawford (1913, 167, No. 7) as; 'A squared standing stone (now missing) inscribed concentric circles' (O'Reilly 1901, 184-155; Crawford 1913, 167; Ó hÉailidhe 1957, 86, Swords 2009, 91). See attached drawing of inscribed stone by Dr. Petrie in the Dublin Examiner October 1816 Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 21 February 2023

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU025-003004

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