Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Baile Thiarnáin, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile Thiarnáin
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Standing Stones
- Latest-edition OS map
- Standing Stone
- Coordinates
- 55.23839, -7.71377
- SMR number
- DG008-010001-
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 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A standing stone 1.7m high × 0.4m wide × 0.3m thick; NNE-SSW. This site is marked as 'Standing Stones' on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map but there is no visible trace of a second stone (DG008-010002-). It is prominently positioned on a local rise.
The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.