Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Raheen (newcastle By.), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Raheen (newcastle By.)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Standing stone
- Coordinates
- 53.25140, -6.44522
- SMR number
- DU024-013----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated to the E of the N81 and the river valley. A granite standing stone (H 2.3m) is situated at a break in slope, in a field of rough pasture on ground that falls away to the W. It has a trapezoidal-shaped ground plan (S 1.3m; N 0.95m; W 0.84m; E 1.3m). The S face has been decorated with c. 28 cupmarks largely concentrated in one area (average diam. 0.06m). Some of these form a petal-like pattern (Briley 1898, 173-4; Ua Broin 1957; Healy 1975, 1-19).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload ob: 6 July 2018
References
Ua Broin, L. 1957 The Mountain Commons of Saggart. In Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 87, 39-52.
Healy, P. 1975a Second report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha Teoranta.
Briley, W.P. 1898 The gallan at Tallaght. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 28, 173-4.
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.