Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone - pair
Killaghtee, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killaghtee
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Standing Stones
- Coordinates
- 54.62417, -8.37630
- SMR number
- DG098-015001-
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
Two standing stones. Stone A is 2.3m in height c. 0.6m in width orientated roughly ENE-WSW. Stone B (DG098-015002-) is orientated ESE-WNW. Stone B is 1.86m in height and is .17m in width, it is orientated ESE-WNW. They are located in fairly good pasture.
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/revision: 03 August 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.