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Leagaun, standing stone in County Limerick (LI023-072----)

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Listed by O'Kelly (1942-3, 180) as Ballingoola No. 2. Described in 1943 as an 'irregularly shaped, well weathered block of limestone, 3' [0.9m] high, 4' [1.2m] long and 2' [0.6m] thick' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 180). According to O'Kelly this standing stone was one of seven in the townland which marked the route of an ancient…

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Listed by O'Kelly (1942-3, 180) as Ballingoola No. 2. Described in 1943 as an 'irregularly shaped, well weathered block of limestone, 3' [0.9m] high, 4' [1.2m] long and 2' [0.6m] thick' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 180). According to O'Kelly this standing stone was one of seven in the townland which marked the route of an ancient road which ran 'from Lough Gur Cross (LI032-061----) to the northern barony boundary. Beyond this (in the barony of Clanwilliam) the line is marked by further three stones. These stones seem to mark the line of an ancient road or track. The track itself is visible only for a short distance in the townland of Ballingoola connecting stones No. 2 and 3 above and continuing for some little distance on each side of them. Just north of stone No. 2 the track runs across a field which was ploughed in 1941. The surface of the track was disturbed and showed as a broad band of limestone chippings cutting across the dark coloured soil' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 180). No surface remains visible of any standing stone in area marked on OS 6-inch map. A boulder pushed into the E face of the hedgerow appears to be the remains of the standing stone described by O'Kelly as Ballingoola No. 2.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI023-072

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