Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Toonagh (bunratty Upper By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toonagh (bunratty Upper By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Standing Stone
- Latest-edition OS map
- Standing Stone/Pl.Inaug.Dal.Prince(1921)
- Coordinates
- 52.84103, -8.83027
- SMR number
- CL034-095005-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a slight rise W of the NW-SE Hell River, and c. 40m WSW of the inauguration mound (CL034-095001-/CL034-095007-). A rectangular orthostat (0.9m x 0.24m; H 1.75-2m) aligned ENE-WSW. The top is flat and slopes down to the E (0.74m by 0.2m to 0.22m). It is in a slight grass-covered hollow (2.4m NW-SE; 3m NE-SW). The N side has a lot of solution holes (Wth 0.02m; D 0.01m). (Westropp 1917, 11)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 19 June 2018
References
Westropp, T. J. 1917 Notes on the primitive remains (forts and dolmens) in central County Clare. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 47, 1-20.
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.