Standing stone in Coronea, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture, on a N-facing slope overlooking the estuary of the River Ilen. This standing stone (1.2m x 0.4m; H 0.7m), rectangular in plan and triangular in section, is orientated NE-SW. The stone leans to the SE. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO141-154

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