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On bog on a terrace on a NW-facing slope overlooking Bantry Bay and Bere Island. This standing stone (0.55m x 0.4m; H 0.95m) is irregular in plan and is orientated NW-SE. The stone features quartz on its N face. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO129-027

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  • Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • MrCorman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  • Towel401, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Gerd Eichmann, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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