Standing stone in Ballydrohid, County Offaly

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What is recorded here

Located on top of a N-S ridge in undulating countryside. Sub-triangular shaped stone (H 2.7m; 1.2m x 0.7m) aligned NW-SE with packing stones at its base.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF016-023

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Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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