BROWSE
standing stone or standing stones
An Chloch Bhán
genitive: na Cloiche Báine
(Irish)
Pillar Stone
(English)

Other names

The White Stone
local name (What is this?)
(English)
Queen Mab's Stone
local name (What is this?)
(English)

Glossary

English white; lea-ground, grassy
cloch, cloich
English stone, stone building

Centrepoint

53.2192, -6.21847latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1837
the white stone
"The people have no name for it but the white stone."—Ó Donnabháin
LSO (BÁC) Leathanach: 4/10
1975
Queen Mab
Áit.

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