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Standing stone in Úraid

Standing stone, pair
Standing stone in Úraid
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Crowning a prominent glacial ridge at the foot of Cnoc Úraid. Incorporated into a modern L-shaped sheepfold. Aligned N-S and c. 1.15m apart. Both stones are subrectangular in plan. The N stone is prostrate (1.14m by 0.65m by 0.55m); S stone (H 1.15m). A house lies 175m to SW (GA052-006----). (Ó Nualláin 1988, 197, who interprets it as 'two uprights and a prostrate stone') The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA052-007

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