Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Ardmore, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardmore
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Standing Stone
- Coordinates
- 55.08281, -7.26074
- SMR number
- DG039-009001-
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 (DG039-009-). The SE face has numerous cup-marks, cup-and-circle-motifs, a cup and three circles with radial line and a spiral. There is also a single cup-mark on the NE side. Situated on pasture land on a ridge overlooking Lough Foyle.
The above description was published in 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).
Date of upload: 30 may 2010
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.