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
- DU018-211----
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 is the present location of a medieval limestone head (H 0.17m; Wth 0.12m; T 0.12m) (RO048-168001-), thought locally to have come from the O'Kelly castle at Cornalee, Co. Roscommon (RO048-001----). It formerly was kept at a house in Coolnageer (RO045-168----). (Rynne 1966-71)
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 15 October 2013
References
Rynne, E. 1966-71 Stone head from Curraghboy, Co. Roscommon. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 32, 92-3.
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