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Standing stone — pair in Crocknaraw

Standing stone — pair
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Crowning a prominent hill. Revealed during recent turf-cutting and still partially buried in the bog. Aligned NE-SW and 2.7m apart. Both stones are of white quartz. The N stone is subrectangular in plan (H > 1m) and S stone, which is prostrate, is rectangular (H 1.65m). (Ó Nualláin 1988, 197) 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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