Standing stone in Ardnahow, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Situated on the gentle N-facing slope of a broad plateau. This is a conglomerate stone, tear-shaped in cross-section (dims. 2.35m x 0.7-0.8m; H 2.8m) with a rounded crest and oriented NE-SW. There is a small cupmark-like feature (diam. 0.04m) c. 1.1m above ground level at the N end of the SE face.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA025-035

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John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Dunhill GAA Club and Sports Centre; individual photographer uncredited, dunhillgaasc.ie
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Jamie O’Keeffe / Copper Post, Fenor GAA section, copper-post.beehiiv.com
Kieran Campbell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
P L Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Picture: Kieran Russell

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