What is recorded here
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF039-004
Places near here
Photo credits
- Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, nigelborrington.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.dailymail.co.uk
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, extra.ie
- Picture: The Standing Stone
- Clareen72, Wikimedia Commons
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