What is recorded here
Fragment of a stone described by Robert Cochrane as, 'another curious stone shows parts of two grooves 3/8 inch [0.09m] wide and 5/16 inch [0.08m] deep. The portion remains of the grooves is 2" [0.05m] long, They may have been used for sharpening pointed tools' (Anon. 1913, 48). This may be the same stone catalogued…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM015-001015
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- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
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- David Baird, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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- David Baird, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
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