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Standing stone

Dranagh, County Carlow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Standing stone, Dranagh, 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
Dranagh
County
Carlow
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
52.49186, -6.87524
SMR number
CW026-026----

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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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 Unpublished MA thesis, School of Archaeology, University College Dublin.

Nearby in the register

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

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