Standing stone in Ballyellis, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Located in a fairly level landscape at the bottom of a S-fading slope. A granite stone (dims. 0.9m x 0.7m; H 1.3m) is oriented ENE–WSW. Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 29 February 2012

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX005-017

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