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Grovesend or Mooneysland : Standing Stone

CountyOffaly
Grid RefN 552 346
Longitude7° 10' 14.97" W
Latitude53° 21' 31.45" N
Nearest TownRochfortbridge (10.5 Km)
OS Sheet49
UTM zone29U
UTM x621730.7278305
UTM y5913737.5158028
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Visit Notes

Saturday, 15th December 2001

As you can see from the photos I reached this stone at the end of the day. I had just about enough light left to cross the field to reach it.

Its 2 m height is added to by the lovely curve in its length. There a lot of natural markings on the east and west face, possibly fossils.

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