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Standing stone in Ballycroneen West

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In pasture, on the summit of hill. This prostrate stone (0.77m x 0.15m; L 2.85m) is roughly subrectangular in plan and section. It is presently lying on the ground close to a field fence with its long axis orientated E-W. A trigonometrical point is in the immeditate vicinity. Shown on Grand Jury map of 1810 as "Ballycroneen Stone". Power (1940, 23) describes this stone as a 'beautifully slender specimen, 11ft[3.35m] x 2ft 6in[0.76m] x 1ft[0.3m]' standing on 'a small rounded hill' known locally as "an liagán". The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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