Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Dunmore (carrowkeel Ed), County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunmore (carrowkeel Ed)
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.12182, -7.65147
- SMR number
- DG027-024----
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 1.34m high × 0.75m wide × 0.18m thick; N-S. Situated near the crest of a low hill with good views in all directions. The locational co-ordinates for this monument are precisely the same as those given for a pit burial (DG027-025----) investigated by the National Museum of Ireland (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol 1, 134).
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.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 22 February 2013
Nearby in the register
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.