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Standing Stone / Menhir
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Posted by
bawn79
20th October 2012ce
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Comments (7)
This looks a great site, but oddly off-putting too, can't quite say why.
Posted by
thesweetcheat
21st October 2012ce
Cause there could be a staring sheep behind the stone for all you know!
Posted by
bladup
21st October 2012ce
Ha, perhaps that's it.
Posted by
thesweetcheat
21st October 2012ce
Actually, more like staring pigs – Foilnamuck = Faill na muc = cliff (or stone) of the pigs :-)
Posted by
ryaner
21st October 2012ce
Brilliant, I like that. Actually, staring animals aside, it's always great to hear info about what place names mean like that.
Posted by
thesweetcheat
21st October 2012ce
Ha ha, Muck really means pig? That's great as i've wondered where the word muck comes from.
Posted by
bladup
21st October 2012ce
No sheep or pigs but the stone certainly looks as if it was picked because of its unusual shape or perhaps sculpted.
Posted by
bawn79
22nd October 2012ce
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