Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Broughillstown, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Broughillstown
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.89920, -6.69668
- SMR number
- CW004-001001-
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
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Granite stone with subrectangular cross-section (H 1.4m; girth 2.3m; 5 grooves). Now lying against field bank. According to local information recorded by Price (1938/39, Notebook 17), skulls found during digging of ditches in vicinity. Aligned E-W.
References
Price, L. 1928-66 Notebooks. OPW.
Nearby in the register
- Standing stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.