Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Ardara, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardara
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Owenea Standing Stone
- Coordinates
- 54.77500, -8.40967
- SMR number
- DG073-025----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1881 map "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
A standing stone 2.95m in height, rectangular in plan 1.35m × 0.78m, orientated N-S. The stone is located on flat pasture land to the S of the Owenea river. Described by Dr. Pococke in 1752 as 'a bridge over the river Oneck [Owenea], where there is a stone set up an end nine feet [2.95m] high, four [1.2m] broad and three [0.91m] thick, they call it Fin McCoues shoulder stone, with which he used to divert himself by throwing it like a Quoit' (Stokes 1891, 67-8).
Trial-trenching was carried out by Anne Carey under licence No. 07E0195 on the outskirts of the village of Ardara on 24 February 2007, in advance of a proposed housing development. Six trial-trenches were excavated at the site (NGR 163680/391970) and nothing of archaeological significance was recovered (Bennett 2010, 75).
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 Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload/revision: 15 November 2011
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.