Standing stone in Ballymacprior, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

This rather weathered stone is located in a level field, on the W bank of the River Laune. It is 2.1m high and of regular elevation, measuring 1.15m x 1.1m at base; NW-SE. It is not marked on the OS maps. Cork University Press (1996), no. 133.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE056-019

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