Standing stone in Mountminnett, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In low-lying, wet ground, cut by land drains and watercourses and which has been planted with forestry. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a standing stone by Rose M. Cleary of the Archaeology Department, UCC. Remains consist of a low, upright pillar stone with a narrow rectangular-shaped elevation, in rough pasture, prior to planting of forestry. Monument is not visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthophoto taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018, where area of standing stone is enclosed within a forestry exclusion zone. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and photograph provided by Rose M. Cleary.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI023-295

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, evoke.ie
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Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
No machine-readable author provided. Christian1965~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Knockane GAA Club website; individual photographer not stated, www.knockane.com
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