Standing stone in Gortnada, County Tipperary

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What is recorded here

Situated just below the crest of a hill on ground sloping very gradually to the S, in meadow. Limestone standing stone orientated on a NE-SW axis, roughly rectangular in plan (H 0.83m at apex; max. dims. 1m x 0.44m) with top sloping up to SW. The stone is spalling to some degree, particularly on the SE face. There is a grassy hummock around the base of the standing stone but no obvious packing-stones. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TN040-042

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