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Standing stone in Killesk

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What is recorded here

Marked only on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and situated on a slight prominence. What is probably a granite stone is oriented E-W with a rectangular cross section (dims. 0.73m x 0.35m; H 1m) and a bluntly pointed top.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX039-025

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Photo credits
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Redmond O'Brien, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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