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Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. This is a local greenstone with a rectangular cross-section and a bluntly pointed top (dims. 0.5m x 0.2m; H 1.65m) is oriented N-S. It may date to the 20th century as it is not mentioned in relation to the discovery of a stone axe in the same field, (Power 1911).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA016-022

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  • Maker not stated on source page, aroundus.com
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.isle-of-mull.net
  • Maker not stated on source page, oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com
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  • Eddie Dee / Waterford News & Star (article credits all photos to Eddie Dee), www.waterford-news.ie
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