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Standing stone in Farranamanagh

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At the centre of a pasture field, on a gentle S-facing slope overlooking Dunmanus Bay. This standing stone (0.8m x 0.61m; H 1.38m) is diamond-shaped in plan and is orientated NE-SW. Each face of the standing stone is roughly rectangular in section. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO129-019

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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