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Standing stone in Athdown

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What is recorded here

Granite pillar (H 0.9m; Wth 0.3m; T 0.2m) with a D-shaped section. The top is missing. The stone is within a small triangular area (dims. 35m E-W; 15m N-S) separated by a shallow ditch from a graveyard (WI006-012----). Situated on the floodplain of Ballydonnell Brook.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI006-012002

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Photo credits
  • Hello, I am Bruce on Flickr, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Joe King, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Robert Bone, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Hamish Bain, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · CC BY-SA 2.5
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