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Holed stone

Rathcoole, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Holed stone, Rathcoole, County Dublin, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Rathcoole
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.28196, -6.46371
SMR number
DU021-030009-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

A holed stone located 6m NE of the granite cross (DU021-030004-) within the graveyard (DU021-030002-) at Rathcoole. The stone is embedded in a sloping ground surface to the SE of the church (DU021-030001-), There are with extensive views to the S and W but views to the N and E restricted by adjacent houses. It comprises a thin slab just 0.1m in depth, roughly shaped along its long edges but somewhat rounded at the top, measuring 0.73m in height, and 0.62m wide with a central sub-circular perforation (Wth 0.24m x H 0.2m).

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Compiled by: Margaret Keane

Revised by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of revised upload: 9 June 2023

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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