Graveyard in Athdown, County Wicklow

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What is recorded here

Situated on the floodplain of Ballydonnel Brook. Semicircular enclosure (dims. 85m E-W; 50m N-S) defined by a stony bank (W lm; H 0.5m) and an external fosse (Wth 2m; D lm), possibly a field drain. A small triangular area (dims. 35m E-W; 15m N-S) on the NE side is separated by a shallow fosse and contains a standing stone (WI006-012002-). There are no other internal features or indication of a church or graves. Starting at the S edge of the site a wide (Wth 7m) raised trackway crosses the low-lying marshy terrain along the floor of the Liffey Valley (100m to the SE).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI006-012

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Standing stone in AthdownStanding stone · 36 ydTom: I’m here to help · Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.

Explorer Tom Standing stone in Athdown has caught my eye in Athdown, County Wicklow. I bet a standing stone with a name like that could keep me talking all afternoon; I'm already inventing a daft little scene for it, and I'll stop before it turns into history.

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