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Standing stone — pair in Ballynew (ballynahinch By.)

Standing stone — pair
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On a small hillock immediately to W of Ballynakill Lough. Aligned NW-SE and 3m apart. Both stones are of white quartz. The N stone is now prostrate (0.9m by 0.7m by 0.4m); S stone is pyramidal in 'shape (H 0.9m). Part of a complex of monuments centred on Lough Sheeauns to W (see GA022-006----). (Ó Nualláin 1988, 197, where misplaced in Sheeauns td.) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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