Standing stone in Aghamarta, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In demesne of Aghamarta castle near top of steep N-facing incline overlooking Owenboy river estuary. Rectangular stone (H 1.8m; 0.5m x 0.4m), long axis E-W. Some packing stones exposed around base. (O'Leary 1919, 83).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO099-063

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Photo credits

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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H., Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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