Standing stone in Baltyfarrell, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Marked only on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch maps, and situated towards the bottom of a SW-facing slope with a N-S stream c. 90m to the W. It was described in 1939 as a recatangular block (dims of base c. 0.6m x c. 0.5m; H c. 1m) (OSFM). It was not visible at ground level in pasture in 1987. The possible megalithic structure (WX005-002-----) is c. 300m to the NE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX006-008

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