Standing Stone on Farmland

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  Kodachromeguy

• Sep 11, 2020

I assume this is one of the monumental stones placed by ancient people. Are there other standing stones nearby?

 

• pbromaghin

• Sep 11, 2020

Very impressive what the Novar will do in the right hands! How many of these are there on the island?

 

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  Stephen Power

• Sep 11, 2020

@Kodachromeguy There is another one in the same field (see my other photo Standing Stone and Tractor) and another one literally across the road.There is a very large by the lighthouse and three others in another remote part of the Island near St. Brendan (The Mariner's) Well. I'll post some shots of those over the next few days.

 

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  Stephen Power

• Sep 11, 2020

@pbromaghin Thank you. See my reply above, I don't think there are any others, but I may be wrong.

 

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  bsdunek

• Sep 12, 2020

Nice! Like the composition. When I was a farm kid, we would take the stone boat some days and pick up stones. Dad would want this one out of the field for sure.

 

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  Stephen Power

• Sep 13, 2020

@bsdunek He would not be able to live here then. It's illegal to move the (genuine) ancient standing stones, and other things such as ring forts and burial suites, from land in Ireland. The farmers just have to work around them, and if you buy land, you can't build on it within a certain distance of the sites.