Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Kilkieran, County Clare, Ireland
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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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 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.