Standing stone in Kiltullagh, County Roscommon

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At the summit of Kiltullagh Hill with a modern quarry c. 30m to the S in Co. Mayo where human remains dating to 3rd to 6th century AD were found in 1991 (Cribin et al. 1994). This is a rectangular stone (dims 0.7m x 0.2m; H 1.2m) aligned ENE-WSW with three holes (dims 0.04-0.06m; D 0.04-0.05m) in its W edge. Excavation (94E0030) around its base (McCormick 1994) revealed a fourth hole on its W edge together with a male inhumation and pieces of a cremation burial (RO032-001004-). Further excavation (96E0179) recovered more inhumations and a cremation were found in the vicinity (Robinson and Coombs 2000, 179). Ring-barrow (RO032-001002-) is c. 5m to the NE, but a second ring-barrow (RO032-001003-) (Knox 1914a, 45-6, Ring No. 1), whose position is uncertain lay to the W, and is probably in Co. Mayo.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO032-001001

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