What is recorded here
In undulating pasture, on top of a small pile of stones c. 70m N of Ballindoon Dominican priory (SL034-211001-). It is named 'St Dominick's Stone' on the 1914 OS 6-inch map and known locally by this name. It comprises a roughly beehive-shaped limestone block (L 0.4m; Wth 0.34m; H 0.22m) with a circular round-bottomed…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL034-211003
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- SE Keenan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
- N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- dougf, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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