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Kilkieran : Standing Stone

CountyKilkenny
Grid RefS 422 275
Longitude7° 22' 47.89" W
Latitude52° 23' 51.01" N
Nearest TownCarrick-On-Suir (5.9 Km)
OS Sheet75
UTM zone29U
UTM x610224.52906433
UTM y5806485.7663767

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Kilkieran - High Cross
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 15th July 2007

To the west of the crosses stands this rather small, but very phallic standing stone. It is like a mini version of Stone Of Destiny (County Meath) at Tara. It stands just 80cm tall and would be easy to miss (or even dismiss) if it wasn't in an uncluttered part of the graveyard.

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