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'Carrowkeel - Rocking Stone' : Standing Stone

TownlandCarrowkeel
CountySligo
Grid RefG 754 119
Longitude8° 22' 32.44" W
Latitude54° 3' 20.21" N
Nearest TownBallymote (10 Km)
OS Sheet25
UTM zone29U
UTM x540869.27353046
UTM y5989889.5183903

This is a subsite of:

Carrowkeel - Passage Tomb Cemetery
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 29th December 2002

Just east of Carrowkeel - Cairn G (County Sligo) this large glacial erratic is wonderfully perched upon a handfull of very small stones. After seeing the stones around Moytirra East (County Sligo) I am now not too sure how accidental this 3m tall stone is.

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