Standing stone in Ballyvackey, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In low flat pasture in basin of Feagle river. Upright stone (H 0.5m; 0.8m x 0.5m) at W side of boulder-burial (CO135-005002-) and c. 50m N of multiple-stone circle (CO135-005001-).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO135-129

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