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St. Patricks Stone

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What is recorded here

Situated at the crest of a S-facing slope in a col with slightly higher ground to the NW and E, and a NW-SE section of the River Dee is c. 300m to the SW. It is described as St Patrick's Stone on the 1836 and 1909 eds of the OS 6- map. This is a tapering cross base (dims of base 0.35m x 0.35m; dims of top 0.25m x 0.25m) with a socket (dims 15cm x 9cm; D 9cm) on top. Nearby are two damaged bullaun stones (ME005-068002-; ME005-068003-).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME005-068001

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Photo credits
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Meath Chronicle; individual photographer not stated, www.meathchronicle.ie
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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