Standing stone in Boherboy, County Dublin

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What is recorded here

Situated in a field of pasture at the base of the S slope of Saggart Hill. The stones are aligned NW-SE and are 1.3m apart. The SE stone is a three-sided granite pyramid (H 1.4m; 1.2-1.5m), the NW stone is a rectangular, granite, pillar (H 1.6m; L 1-1.3m; Wth 0.8-0.9m). Known locally as the 'Adam and Eve' stones (McDix 1899, 125-9).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU021-044

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