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Ballyhalbert : Standing Stone

CountyDown
Grid RefJ 647 636
GPSJ 64664 63562 (5m)
Longitude5° 27' 29.77" W
Latitude54° 29' 37.13" N
Nearest TownBallywalter (5.7 Km)
OS Sheet21
UTM zone30U
UTM x340789.87022812
UTM y6041228.4330613
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 12th February 2006

This is a nice stone that's easy to see, if not reach. It stands at the side of a lane, but the field it stands in is 6 foot above the road. Luckily the fence between the two is a wire one and allows you to see the stone. 50m or so to the southeast of the stone there is a very battered motte.

Standing 1.5m tall and very uneven in profile this stone has character. The views out to sea, although hampered by the terraced houses on the seafront below, are very nice.

The stone is actually further west than it appears to be on the OS map and can be seen from the lane there.

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