Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Ballymalone, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymalone
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.87268, -8.53553
- SMR number
- CL036-049----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a SE-facing slope on a low hill in pasture. A standing stone (max. H 1m; Wth 0.63m; T 0.25m) oriented NW-SE and leaning towards the SW, reported to the National Monuments Service by Rick Zevering. The top slopes and rises to the NW. Some striations occur along the E edge but these do not appear to be ogham. Large natural breaks are visible on the NW face. The stone is heavily poached by livestock around the base.
The following images have been uploaded:
CL036-049----_01.jpg General view from S
CL036-049----_02.jpg View from NE
CL036-049----_03.jpg View from SE
CL036-049----_04.jpg View from SW
CL036-049----_05.jpg View from NW
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 9 May 2023
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
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- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.