Standing stone in Briskagh, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on top of a low hill with an extensive view NNE->ESE. A limestone upright (H 1.04m) which is rectangular in cross-section (0.3m NE-SW; 0.4m NW-SE) and tapers at the top to a roughly rounded point. Its edges have been worn smooth by cattle, who have also worn down the ground around its base.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI019-253

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