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Standing stone in Oughtminnee

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In rough heather and gorse-covered pasture, overlooking Dunlough Bay near Mizen Head. This standing stone (0.45m x 0.35m; H 1.05m) is orientated NE-SW. The stone leans gently to the SW and a sheep path has exposed packing-stones. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO146-013

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  • Dunlough, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Superbass, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Richard Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • L J Cunningham, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • John H Darch, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Minseach, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • K. Jähne, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Mac McCarron, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • colm, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Nigel Cox, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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