Standing stone in Knockanree Upper, County Wicklow

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What is recorded here

On a steep W facing slope of an elevated ridge with good views from W to N. A triangular shaped stone (H 1.8m; Wth at base 0.86m; Wth at top 0.15m; T at base 0.56m; T at top 0.2m) with the long axis oriented N-S. The upper portion of the stone at the S end has broken away and the W face and N end are heavily pocked.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI035-067

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