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Stone Circle in Dromree

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On level patch of ground at foot of gentle SSE-facing slope. Five stones widely spaced over an area c. 50m x 30m. Stones measure 0.57m to 1.4m in H, 0.5m to 1.03m in Wth and 0.27m to 0.7m T. Sixth stone, recorded by O Nualláin (1984a, 48) at SW side, no longer exists.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO059-157

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