What is recorded here

No standing stone exists in Clonmacnoise. The claim repeats a bust carved after 1700 AD that stood beside a holy well, misread as ancient stone. Fiction often inherits this error, dressing a minor sculpted head in mythical weight.

There is no reference to any standing stone in the file for this area, it may have been mistakenly identified from the reference to the bust of post-1700 AD date that was located beside the holy well. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.