Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Dranagh, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dranagh
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.49186, -6.87524
- SMR number
- CW026-026----
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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, irregularly shaped (H 1.6m c. 1.5m x c. 0.5m at base). Inclining sharply to SW. Aligned NW-SE. ). Recorded by Ó Murchú (2011, 95) as part of a Master's thesis (Survey number: SS02).
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.
Date of revision: 14 November 2013
Revised by: Claire Breen
References
Ó Murchú, S. 2011 Life and Death on Dranagh Mountain; An Archaeological Investigation of an Upland Landscape in County Carlow. Unpublished MA thesis, School of Archaeology, University College Dublin.
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.