Standing stone in Glen William, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Situated on a gentle SW-facing slope, and in the NW corner of a field close to a cross-roads. This is a standing stone with a diamond-shaped cross-section (dims. 0.8m x 0.3-0.5m; H 1.55m) oriented NE-SW and with an irregular profile at NE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA038-062

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