Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone sculpture - iconic (present location)
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.34018, -6.25499
- SMR number
- DU018-273----
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
One of two stone heads (see also DU018-272----), slightly larger than life-size, possibly male and female, kept at a farmyard (see WX046-058001-) but now in the National Museum of Ireland. One has a whistle-hole, indicating an Iron Age date, while both have had glass pupils inserted. (Roche 1986, 33; Moore 1996, no. 1670)
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 31 December 2014
References
Roche, D. 1986 The mystery heads of Gibberwell. Kilmore Parish Journal No. 14, 33.
Moore, M. 1996 Archaeological inventory of county Wexford. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Graveslab (present location)under 1 mi
- Rock art (present location)under 1 mi
- Cross (present location)under 1 mi
- Cross-slab (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.