Standing stone in Whiterath, County Louth

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What is recorded here

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). Standing stone (max. dims. H 1.7m, 1.7m by 0.9m in section) of local slate, tapering from base to top. Locally known as 'Cloch Liath' (CLAJ 1925, 47)

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH012-036

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