Standing stone in Meenaduff, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In rough pasture, on level cutaway bog at the foot of the SE slopes of Miskish Mountain and overlooking Berehaven Harbour and Bere Island to the SE. This standing stone (1.7m x 0.35m; H 0.9m) is rectangular in plan and is orientated N-S. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO115-113001

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