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Standing stone in Rathkeale

Standing stone

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Rathkeale stands in open pasture, a squat limestone boulder leaning slightly east on a gentle slope. It is not tall or distant, but present, with fissures running through its body and grass growing around its base. The stone may have watched herds move, people pass, or storms cross the field for centuries. Its simplicity leaves room for imagination, yet its shape and setting remain clear.
In pasture, on gentle NE-facing slope, in area of outcropping limestone. Squat deeply-fissured limestone boulder (H 0.95m; Wth 0.9m; girth 2.9m), with long axis N-S, inclining gently to E. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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