Standing stone in Crough, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Situated on the summit of a low shelf. Two stones placed 2.5m apart form a rough NW-SE alignment and are incorporated into a field wall. The E stone is aligned NNW-SSE and has a rectangular cross-section (dims. 1.15m x 0.25m; H 2.85m) narrowing towards the top. The W stone (dims. 0.8m x 0.4m; H 1.5m) also narrows towards the top.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA025-114

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Photo credits

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Dunhill GAA Club and Sports Centre; individual photographer uncredited, dunhillgaasc.ie
Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
Alexander Redfern, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Maker not stated on source page, br.pinterest.com
John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Philip Halling, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Brendan Tobin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Jamie O’Keeffe / Copper Post, Fenor GAA section, copper-post.beehiiv.com

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