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Standing stone in Sheskin

Standing stone
Standing stone in Sheskin
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Described as a monolith 'seven feet high' situated c. 50m W of the unlocated cairn and possible megalithic chamber (WA003-088001-). It remains unlocated in an area of scrub, but is thought to be close to the former Sheskin House. (Grubb 1944) Grubb, I. (1944) Notes on two prehistoric burial sites in the townland of Seskin, Co. Waterford, JRSAI, 74, 176-9.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA003-088002

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