Standing stone in Rooghaun, County Galway

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What is recorded here

On a slight ridge in pastureland. When inspected in February 1983 this standing stone consisted of a badly eroded limestone slab (H 2m; Wth 0.66m; T 0.29m) that was rectangular in plan and aligned E-W. A number of solution holes pierced it. Small stones formed a revetment (Wth 0.2m) around its base. Not visible on current OSi aerial imagery, which indicates that field boundaries in the area have subsequently been cleared. (McCaffrey 1952, 250, no. 132) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 December 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA104-263

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