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Standing stone in Barnland

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Marked only on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a SE-facing slope of Laraheen Hill and at the head of a small NW-SE valley. It was described in 1939 as a squat stone with a rectangular cross-section at ground level (dims c. 1.15m NW-SE; c. 0.95m NE-SW) and a NW-SE ridge (H c. 1m) OSFM). It was not visible at ground level in pasture in 1987.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX006-023

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Photo credits
  • Ian Brooker and David Kleinig, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 au
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Wexford GAA county website; individual photographer not named, wexfordgaa.ie
  • surrealpenguin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Picture: wexfordgaa.ie
  • Sarah777 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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