Standing stone in Keernaun, County Galway

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What is recorded here

Situated on top of a low rise in undulating pastureland. This large tapering slightly rounded limestone slab (H 1.85m; base Wth c. 1.35m; Wth at top 0.85m; T 0.5m) is aligned N-S. A number of small packing stones are visible around its base, particularly on its W side.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA056-147

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