County: Limerick Site name: CONIGAR
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: 96E0267
Author: Jo Moran and Dave Pollock
Site type: No archaeology found
Period/Dating: N/A
ITM: E 552180m, N 655144m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.645392, -8.706618
A standing stone threatened by an approaching quarry was investigated in April 1997. The stone stood in a shallow hollow which was infilled with stones cleared from the fields. Pottery and clay pipe fragments indicated an erection date no earlier than the 18th century. In August further investigations found medieval cultivation below the stone. The stone appears to be a scratching-post, erected during the post-medieval period to protect new enclosure walls.
Arbour Hill, Fethard, Co. Tipperary
