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Balrath North : Standing Stone

CountyWestmeath
Grid RefN 542 579
Longitude7° 10' 54.59" W
Latitude53° 34' 5.48" N
Nearest TownMullingar (11.6 Km)
OS Sheet42
UTM zone29U
UTM x620404.24446178
UTM y5937017.2921518
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 9th June 2002

This is one of those stones that you see 500m across a field with no apparent means of access and consider "is it really worth scrambling through a thorn hedge for?"

Erm ... no ... not today anyway. It is about 1m tall and looks a lot like a concrete bollard.

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