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		The cupmarked stone mentioned in Burl was not so easy to find at Llanerch Farm. We walked up to the farm and spoke to the owner who knew nothing of the stone and had lived there more than 30 years. He said every two years or so somebody came looking for it but nobody had found anything. Has anyone seen it?
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