Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pillar stone (present location)
Coinlín (cléire), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coinlín (cléire)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.43875, -9.49584
- SMR number
- CO153-019003-
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Shown on 2 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1769 "Nieuwe kaart van Ierland / I. Condet sculp." (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In the boundary of a field known locally as 'Gort Maoláin'. This pillar stone is known locally as 'Cloch Maoláin'. It was moved from its original location (CO153-019002-) on higher ground c. 6m to the N in 1951. In its original location, it was described by Conlon (1918, 58) as being 'only about one foot [0.3m] off the ground' and of 'circular shape….20 inches [0.5m] in diameter'.
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
- Pillar stoneunder 1 mi
- Passage tomb artunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.