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Mottee Stone

Standing stone
Mottee Stone
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What is recorded here

Situated on a ridge running NE-SW. A massive granite boulder (dims. 4.3m x 3.2m; H 2.4m), supposed to be the hurling ball of Fionn Mac Cumhaill; possibly a glacial erratic.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI035-017

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  • Maker not stated on source page, ro.pinterest.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.thejournal.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
  • Steve & Jemma Copley on Flickr, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.coillte.ie
  • Walter Siegmund (talk), Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • 瑞丽江的河水, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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