The Carnane Standing Stone, Michael, Isle of Man

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"On Ballacarnane Mooar, near the Spooyt-vane, Michael, just above the railway, is an unhewn stone pillar or Menhir set upright on a little crag facing the sea. At its foot are some cup-hollows cut in the outcropping rock, about 4 in. in diameter and 2 1/4 in. deep; and, a little below, on the face of the crag, is a larger, shallow, basin-like hollow."
above quote from: MANKS ANTIQUITIES-KERMODE & HERDMAN. (1914)

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J.J. Kneen in 'THE PLACE NAMES OF THE ISLE OF MAN' says: "Carnane: The cairn or little cairn. A great stone set on end on the rocky height at the S.side of the entrance to Glen Moar, known as a mark at sea by the name of the 'garden', at the foot of which the outcropping rock on the E.side has several cup markings, and a long basin-shaped hollow appears on the W.side below the stone."

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