Standing stone in Ballinard, County Wicklow

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What is recorded here

On a W-facing slope on the SW lower slopes of Sugarloaf Mountain. In a forestry plantation with saplings recently planted. A granite standing stone (H 1.67m; Wth 0.52m; T 0.42m), long axis WSW-ENE, leaning slightly to E. Scars of wooden wedges on the NE angle indicated that the stone was split. (Further details on file).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI022-031

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