Standing stone in Farbreaga, County Wicklow

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What is recorded here

Included in the SMR (1986) as unlocated standing stones. O’Toole (1939, 101) refers to a stone said to have stood in a field called ‘The Elder Meadow’ while Price (1946, 87) notes that a stone used as a lintel in a stable once stood in a field in this townland. It is also noted in the OS letters (O’Flanagan 1928, 52) that the townland name is likely to have derived from standing stones.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI028-023

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