Standing stone in Largan, County Galway

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What is recorded here

Some 7m E of a ringfort (GA042-167001-) A tall thin slab of limestone conglomerate (H 2.05m), rectangular in plan, its long axis running N-S. It appears to be held in position by basal-packing stones, though field-clearance rubble has also been dumped against its base. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 304-5) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA042-167003

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