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Standing stone in Croagh

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In an area of partially gorse-covered rough grazing, on a SW-facing slope with views across Long Island Sound. This standing stone (0.6m x 0.26m; H 1.1m), which leans slightly to the W, is rectangular in plan and is orientated NNE-SSW. Field clearance rubble has been placed in the general area around the base of the stone. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO148-039

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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