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Pillar Stone LI048-061---- in Moorestown

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LI048-061----
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In wet pasture, 55m N of Loobagh river that forms townland boundary with Garrynlease and 100m SW of townland boundary with Killeen. Not marked on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map and 1897 ed. 25-inch map. Annotated ‘Pillar Stone’ on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. Standing stone listed by Grogan (1989, 272) in Moorestown townland. See attached Google Earth orthoimages.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI048-061

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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