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Pillar stone in Inishcaltra OR Holy Island

Pillar stone
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Lying loose against the W wall of St. Caimin’s graveyard (CL029-009012-) on Inis Cealtra. A tall, slightly tapering stone with a sloping top (L 1.12m; Wth at base 0.12m; Wth in middle 0.2m; Wth at top 0.16m; T 0.14 at base and 0.12m at the top). The lowest 0.2m is rough and may have been under ground. One face is worked smooth and flat with 5 small depressions (diam. 0.02m (smallest) to 0.04m (largest)), some circular and some oval, arranged in serpentine fashion 0.34-0.5m up from the base. No other markings are evident. The precise original location of this stone is unknown. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 17 November 2015

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