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Situated just off the summit of a small knoll known as Gibbet Hill, on a plateau overlooking the River Suir. A conglomerate stone with a rectangular cross-section (dims. 1m x 0.45-0.6m; max. H 1.4m) is oriented N-S. Archaeological testing (03E0957) in the surrounding area by Colm Moloney (2006) and Catriona Gleeson…

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Situated just off the summit of a small knoll known as Gibbet Hill, on a plateau overlooking the River Suir. A conglomerate stone with a rectangular cross-section (dims. 1m x 0.45-0.6m; max. H 1.4m) is oriented N-S. Archaeological testing (03E0957) in the surrounding area by Colm Moloney (2006) and Catriona Gleeson (05E0421) (Gleeson 2008) failed to produce any related material. (Cassidy 1992) Cassidy, N. (1992) A standing stone at Gibbet Hill, Waterford, Decies, No. 45, 12-13. Gleeson, C. (2008) Bowes Head, Gibbett Hill, Gracedieu. Testing. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2005: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 363, No. 1493. Wordwell. Dublin. Moloney, C. (2006) Gibbethill. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2003: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 498, No. 1877. Wordwell. Bray.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA009-015

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