Stone row in Portleen, County Donegal

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Two standing stones set .9m apart. The long axes of the stones are slightly out of alignment but are orientated approximately NE-SW. The NE stone is 1.25m high × 1.5m wide × 0.9m thick. The SW stone is 1.6m high × 1.2m wide × 0.6m thick. A previous account (Kinahan 1889, 281) noted three stones here but, there is no visible trace of a third stone. Situated on good pasture land, on level ground c. 350m W of Lough Fern. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). David Sweetman, Roestown, Drumree, Co. Meath.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG036-027

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