Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Ballynoe Or Newtown, County Carlow, Ireland
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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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
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
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.