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Ballytory : Standing Stone

CountyWexford
Grid RefT 092 079
Longitude6° 24' 7.92" W
Latitude52° 12' 43.75" N
Nearest TownRosslare (6.9 Km)
OS Sheet77
UTM zone29U
UTM x677480.92420074
UTM y5787815.6117987
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 9th December 2001

My first thoughts were that this stone does not appear on the OS maps. In fact it does but with the eastings and northings swapped in its grid reference.

It is very slender and stands over 2m tall in the center of a large field.

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Directions

From the N25 follow the R736 until you come to a sharp right turn with a juction leading to the left. Take this left and then the next right (about 1.4km) The stone stands in the center of a field on the right about 100m.

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