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Standing stone

Kilkieran, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Standing stone, Kilkieran, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Kilkieran
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.79611, -8.88925
SMR number
CL042-071----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On low-lying undulating marshy ground on the route of a roadway indicated on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. Listed as 'Standing stone , possible' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). Visited by Frank Coyne (Aegis Archaeology) on 3 November 2017 in connection with an Archaeological Impact Assessment and described as 'A rectangular limestone monolith (H 1.7m; Wth at base 0.6m; L at base 0.5m) tapering slightly towards the top (Wth at top 0.5m; L at top 0.5m). A number of packing stones are visible. The area around the base has been poached by cattle.'

Compiled by: Mary Tunney with information supplied by Frank Coyne, Aegis Archaeology.

Date of upload: 7 November 2017

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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