This majestic stone sits at the rear of a building site. New houses springing up around it. The builders seem to have been very careful about keeping clear of it, which makes a change. The stone is about 1.3m high and 80 cm square in section. Obviously a lot of ambience and magik is lost from this stone because of its current setting.
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As I was passing I decided to pop by and see how this stone had faired since I was last here 3 years ago. When I was last here it was on the edge of a housing development. Now it is the centre-piece for a soon-to-be communal green in a small estate.
It's hard to tell if the stone has been moved due to the surrounding houses blocking a view to any point of reference. It seems to be in the same spot, but now it is reaised up above the road level some 1.5m. How much ground lowering went on here I don't know.
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_From the N1/M1 take the R132 north into Balrothery. At the cross roads turn right and the take the second left. After 150m you should see a new housing development on your right. The stone is right at the back of this.
A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Knockawuddy (Co. Galway) |  Mayo 1 (Co. Down) |  Cloonkeeghan Commons (Co. Mayo) |
 Killeenemer (Co. Cork) |  Athdown (Co. Wicklow) |  Coumaraglin SE - Cairns (Co. Waterford) |
