Cloch an Fhir Mhóir | |||||||||
 Clochafarmore pictured at night | |||||||||
  Shown within Ireland | |||||||||
| Alternative name | Cúchulainn's Stone | ||||||||
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| Location | Rathiddy, Knockbridge, Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°58′28″N 6°27′57″W / 53.974505°N 6.465919°W | ||||||||
| Type | Standing stone | ||||||||
| Circumference | 4 m (13 ft) | ||||||||
| Height | 3 m (10 ft) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| Material | stone | ||||||||
| Founded | c. 2000–500 | ||||||||
| Periods | Bronze Age | ||||||||
| Site notes | |||||||||
| Public access | yes | ||||||||
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Clochafarmore (Irish: Cloch an Fhir Mhóir, meaning "stone of the great man")[1] is a menhir (standing stone) and National Monument in County Louth, Ireland.[2][3][4]
- ^ "Cloch an Fhir Mhóir/Cloghafarmore". logainm.ie. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ McNally, Kenneth (1 January 2006). Ireland's Ancient Stones: Megalithic Ireland Explored. Appletree. ISBN 9780862819965 – via Google Books.
- ^ Kerrigan, Jo (2 June 2015). Old Ways, Old Secrets: Pagan Ireland: Myth * Landscape * Tradition. The O'Brien Press. ISBN 9781847177544 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The death-place of an Irish hero".