Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Murrahin North, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Murrahin North
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.57411, -9.39624
- SMR number
- CO140-064----
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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
In pasture, in a NE-SW hollow on the crest of a NW-SE ridge. This standing stone (1.4m x 0.35m; H 2.45m) is rectangular in plan and is orientated NE-SW. The stone leans slightly to the NW and its upper portion narrows towards the top.
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
- Stone rowunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.