Standing stone in Roscomroe, County Offaly

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What is recorded here

A large block of sandstone traditionally believed to have been brought from the summit of Beagh Mountain by St Molua. It apparently once stood near St Molua's Well (OF039-055002-) (Feehan 1979, 140). No visible remains at ground level. No surface remains of any standing stone or any large boulder in the field near the holy well (OF039-055002-) that is described by Feehan as 'Near it [holy well] stood a large block of sandstone believed to have been brought by Saint Molua from the top of Beagh mountain' (Feehan 1979, 140).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF039-055003

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