Standing stone in Ballytory Upper, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Located on a slight S facing slope. This is a granite stone (dims. 0.4m E-W; 0.15-0.23m N S; H 2.2m) leaning slightly to the S with the marks of stone wedges on the N and S faces.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX048-157

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