Standing stone in Dunsoghly, County Dublin

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What is recorded here

A standing stone was identified on the Fás Finglas Heritage Project in 1988/89(pers.comm. Marcus Nolan). Supposedly located in a field on a turn of bend across from Dunsoghley Castle ((DU014-005001-), a neglected field adjacent to an old farmyard which is being currently used as a garage. The site is completely overgrown with evidence of dumped material. No local knowledge of a stone.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU014-096

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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