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Standing stone in Piperstown

Standing stone
Standing stone in Piperstown
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Situated in flat pasture. Large block of limestone (max. dims. H 2.5m, 1.7m by 1.5m in section) with long axis orientated NNW-SSE. The ENE face of the stone is covered by small depressions resembling cup marks, but these appear to be natural solution-holes. See the attached view from E Date of upload: 17 July 2007

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH021-024

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
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