Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock scribing
Castleinch, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castleinch
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.89268, -8.67189
- SMR number
- CO073-105----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (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 the N side of a road, embedded into an earth and stone field boundary. The SW face of a rectangular stone (H 0.6m; Wth 0.72m; T 0.26m) has numerous faint narrow horizontal grooves (L 0.05-0.2m), c. 0.01m apart, across it. There are also three grooves (L 0.07-0.09m), 0.01m apart, on the upper surface of the stone.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.