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Menhir

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Lairge menhir locatit atween Millstreet an Ballinagree, Coonty Cork, Ireland

A menhir or stannin stane (frae Brittonic leids: maen or men, "stane" an hir or hîr, "lang"[1]) is a muckle manmade upricht stane, pit up bi prehistoric fowk.

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  1. Anon. "Menhir". The Free Dictionary. Farlex, Inc. Retrieved 15 December 2010.