Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone head (present location)
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.34018, -6.25499
- SMR number
- DU018-171----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
American Geographical Society Library, UW-MilwaukeeLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This head was carved on the top stone of the corner between the S wall and the E gable of the church (DG002-002001-) that stands on the shore at the base of a cliff on the N side of Malin Head, Co. Donegal (Donegal Annual 1953-4, 503). It consists of a rectangular block of stone (0.41m × 0.26m × 0.25m), all four sides of which are dressed. On one end there is a broad D-shaped projection on which is incised a human face, the eyes, nose and mouth of which are represented by deep grooves. (NMI Reg. No. 1972:5)
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 31 January 2014
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.