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Standing stone

Ballynoe Or Newtown, County Carlow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Standing stone, Ballynoe Or Newtown, County Carlow, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballynoe Or Newtown
County
Carlow
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.76198, -6.72974
SMR number
CW013-062----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (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

Granite stone, with almost square cross-section (H 1.8m; girth 2.6m). Small groove on E face. Described by Macalister (1910, 350) as 'a conspicuous standing stone in a field on the right-hand side of the road, and is visible for a long distance. There can be little doubt that it was meant for a landmark of some kind. The stone is about 5 feet 10 inches high; it bears no marks of any kind'.

See attached photos courtesy of David Sweetman taken 08/04/2019

The above 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.

Compiled by: Anna Brindley

Revised by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of revised upload/revision: 24 April 2019

References

Macalister, R.A.S. 1910 Miscellanea; A newly discovered ogham stone and other antiquities in County Carlow. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 40, 349-51.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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