What is recorded here
Standing stone in Middlequarter (Newcastle parish) is a standing stone in Middlequarter (Newcastle parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. The sandstone marker stands on a south-facing slope of Knocknagearagh hill in the Knockmealdown Mountains, reaching 1.03 metres in height. Its roughly rectangular frame measures 0.66 metres in length and 0.3 metres in width, aligning north to south with a peak that rises toward the north. The east face is fractured, while a grassy hummock obscures the base where no packing stones are visible.
On a S-facing slope of Knocknagearagh hill in the Knockmealdown Mountains, in fairly level upland terrain, under rough pasture. A sandstone standing stone, roughly rectangular in plan (L 0.66m x Wth 0.3m; H 1.03m) orientated N-S with a peak rising to the N. There are no packing stones visible but the base is obscured by a grassy hummock. The E face is fractured.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 03 March 2014
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