Pillar Stone, standing stone in County Leitrim

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What is recorded here

Located on a shelf in a landscape sloping down gently to the W, with an old quarry to the N and lower ground to the W. A stone described as a ‘Pillar Stone’ in gothic lettering is depicted only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The field has been reclaimed and no standing stone is visible.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE035-017

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Willie Donnellan / Leitrim Observer, www.leitrimobserver.ie
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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Bornacoola GAA club (publisher); individual photographer not named, www.bornacoola.gaa.ie
Reading Tom, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie

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