Stone circle in Rathiddy, County Louth

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What is recorded here

Situated on a slight E-facing slope. Issac Butler, writing in 1744 (Deane 1922, 99), noted ‘an arch (arc) of stones 7 paces (c. 5.25m) in diameter’ about 40 yards (c. 36m) to the SE of the standing stone (LH011-020----). The stones are described by Butler as being almost covered with grass but ‘pitched on end’, by which he meant upright. There is no evidence of such a feature now but it could have been a small stone circle like a kerb-circle. However, it is not extant and its precise location cannot be provided. (Gosling 2018, 175) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 17 January 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH011-020001

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