Megalithic structure in Lickbla, County Westmeath

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What is recorded here

All that remains visible are the W corner, approximately rectangular, of a large slab with another stone set on edge beside it. The latter is orientated approximately SW-NE. According to the landowner the SW-NE stone was years ago about 1 ft 6 inches (0.45m) in height. It is now only c. 0.15m in height. The stone on edge is 0.9m in length.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM003-041

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