Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Rusheen (muskerry East By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rusheen (muskerry East By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Gallán (1938)
- Coordinates
- 51.93188, -8.90331
- SMR number
- CO060-124001-
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
Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, on E side of Clashavoon Stream. Fallen stone (L 2.1m; 0.8m x 0.05m) which, according to Hartnett (1939, 83) stood '60ins in height'.
See Excavations 2003, 74 - no trace of this stone in 2002
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.