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Pipers Stones — Broadleas Commons

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On a slightly raised (H 0.3m) platform-like area, on a low pasture rise. A circle (diams. 30m N-S; 31m E-W) of mostly granite boulders, now numbering 27, but originally probably 47/48 contiguous stones. The interior rises gently towards the W. (Fitzgerald 1899-1902, 353-4 – includes photograph; Walshe 1931, 130; Ó Nualláin 1975, 112). A second stone circle (KD029-032----), now destroyed, stood c. 830m to the SSW in Whiteleas townland. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 12 September 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 92/1940).

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