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Likely dating to the Bronze Age, this pillar stone may have had a ritual or commemorative function within the burial ground. Its placement suggests a possible link to early Christian or prehistoric funerary practices, though specific folklore or symbolic meaning is not recorded.

What is recorded here

In the SW sector of ‘Killeen Cormac’ burial ground (KD032-044----). First recorded by Fitzgerald (1899-1902(f), 161 (A)). A tapering lozenge-shaped stone (H 1.06m; base Wth of NE face 0.23m; Wth of SE face 0.3m; Wth of SW face 0.23m; Wth of NW face 0.25m; top L 0.23m E-W; Wth 0.10m N-S), the top and N and E corners of which are flaking away. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 21 November 2013

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