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Ballyvatheen : Standing Stone

CountyKilkenny
Grid RefS 576 267
Longitude7° 9' 13.9" W
Latitude52° 23' 20.08" N
Nearest TownMullinavat (2.5 Km)
OS Sheets75, 76
UTM zone29U
UTM x625631.61906625
UTM y5805898.912192
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 9th December 2001

I nearly didn't visit this site, but it was on the way home (with a small detour) so I went along. One of the best choices I have ever made. This stone is beautiful!

From the road this stone looks amazing. Its size seems to be impossible at over 2.2 m tall and tapering at the bottom. It seems to defy science! When you get along side it you become even more impressed. It is only 25 cm thick and how it has survived so long is beyond me. It seems that the slightest touch will make it topple.

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Directions

From Mullinavat take the R704 east. After you have passed the third farm track on the left you will see the stone (around 2.3km).

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4.3 Km (S) there is a Wedge Tomb at Ballyvatheen.
3 Km (ENE) there is a Stone Row (Alignment) at Ballynoony West known as The Three Friars.
9.9 Km (SE) there is a Bullaun Stone at Atateemore.
5 Km (SSE) there is a Court Tomb at Farnoge.
7.5 Km (WNW) there is a Portal Tomb at Kilmogue known as Leac na Scail.

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