Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Bawngare, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bawngare
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.52814, -9.37513
- SMR number
- CO141-153----
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 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On an elevation in undulating pasture, with a view in all directions over the surrounding countryside. This standing stone (1.3m x 0.8m; H 1.13m) is roughly oval in plan and is orientated NE-SW. It narrows towards the SW side as it rises. Traces of two crescent-shaped grooves (L c. 0.5m; Wth 0.05m; D 0.01m) are visible on the SW side of the standing 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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Boulder-burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.