Pillar Stone RO005-016---- in Drumanone

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What is recorded here

On a gentle S-facing slope c. 110m NE of the eastern end of Lower Lough Gara, which is now reclaimed, and the Boyle River. Sandstone block (dims. 1.1m x 0.55m; L 1.9m) which once stood c. 100m S of the portal tomb (RO005-015----), but was removed c. 1965 and now lies against a field bank.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO005-016

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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