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Protected: The Skirk Stone

  Return to Index of 100 Objects of County Laois   c. 2500-2000BC   It is hard to imagine a simpler monument than a standing stone. It is literally a big rock that has been deliberately shuffled into a standing position. What makes the phenomenon remarkable is that over 5000 of these stones are still […]