Standing stone in Buckstown, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

Marked only on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on an E and SE-facin g slope. It was recroded in 1939 as a triangular stone (dims c. 85m N-S; c. 0.1-0.2m E-W; H c. 1.15m) (OSFM). It was not visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture in 1987. The possible megalithci structure (WX006-003----) is c. 350m to the SSW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX006-001

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