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Situated immediately W of a holy well (SL019-006001-), on the N verge of a modern roadway. This monument consists of a tall, square pillar (H c. 3m; Wth. 0.85m) constructed of cut limestone, and topped with a triangular stone-built cap. It stands on a stepped stone plinth. At the upper portion of the S face of the pillar there is a Latin inscription carved in relief which translates as 'Eugene McDonnell, Vicar of this district, had me erected 1591'. (Ordnance Survey 1836, 315 (130); Kilgannon 1926, 295). There is a church (SL019-007001-) and graveyard (SL019-007002-) 80m to WSW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL019-006002

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  • Djedi Guy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Matthew McGown, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • P L Chadwick, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Michael Dibb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Michael Murtagh, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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