Standing stone in Aghagad, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

On a W-facing slope of an ENE-WSW ridge. There is a reference to a standing stone in 1963, but no description is available (SMR file). It is not visible at ground level in pasture and its exact position is not known.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO038A003

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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St Ciaran’s Ladies Gaelic Football Club / Roscommon Herald; photographer not named, www.roscommonherald.ie
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Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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