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Punchestown Longstone
53.1918° N, -6.6284° E
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Punchestown Longstone is a menhir (standing stone) and National Monument near Naas, Ireland.
Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
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Medieval account
1188
Stone collapse
1931
Re-erection
1934
Bronze Age cist discovery
1981
Probable erection
c. 2450–1900 BC
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