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St. Denniss Stone

Ritual site, holy/saint's stone

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Marked on the 1912 'OS 6-inch' map as 'St. Dennis's Stone'. According to a note in the SMR file (dated 18 July 1964), it was moved from location marked on 1912 map and placed over St. Dennis's well (LH022-005001-) and it was described as rectangular in shape with a very even surface. Probably a natural erratic.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH022-005003

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.irishamericanmom.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, au.pinterest.com
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